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TITLE:
Red Hat update for compiz

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30329

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30329/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/product/13651/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/product/13653/

SOFTWARE:
RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)
http://secunia.com/product/14830/

DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for compiz. This fixes a security issue,
which can be exploited by malicious people with physical access to a
system to bypass certain security restrictions.

The security issue is caused due to Compiz potentially grabbing the
input focus. This can be exploited to bypass and disable the screen
locking feature.

SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0485.html

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