Secunia Security Advisory - A weakness has been reported in slock, which can be exploited by malicious people with physical access to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
slock "XRaiseWindow()" Handling Lock Screen Bypass Weakness
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA48700
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RELEASE DATE:
2012-04-06
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DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been reported in slock, which can be exploited by
malicious people with physical access to bypass certain security
restrictions.
The weakness is caused due to an error when handling a
"XRaiseWindow()" event on a locked screen. This can be exploited to
view the current active window and potentially gain access to
sensitive information.
SOLUTION:
Fixed in the Mercurial repository.
Further details available in Customer Area:
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PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Longpoke in a Gentoo bug.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=401645
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