[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: xkeyboard-config-2.3-3.fc16

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-0712
2012-01-19 21:21:19
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Name        : xkeyboard-config
Product     : Fedora 16
Version     : 2.3
Release     : 3.fc16
URL         : http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/XKeyboardConfig
Summary     : X Keyboard Extension configuration data
Description :
This package contains configuration data used by the X Keyboard Extension
(XKB), which allows selection of keyboard layouts when using a graphical
interface.

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Update Information:

The previous version of xkeyboard-config included the key combinations to clear and/or kill grabs in the default keymap. This enabled users to get around screen locks that use grabs to prevent input to other applications (e.g. gnome-screensaver). This update moves the definition of the key combinations to a XKB option that must be explicitly enabled by the user.
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ChangeLog:

* Thu Jan 19 2012 Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at redhat.com> 2.3-3
- Move Ungrab and ClearGrab from the default layout to option
  grab:break_actions (#783044)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #783039 - CVE-2012-0064 xkeyboard-config: screen-saver unlock via xkb debug key actions
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783039
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update xkeyboard-config' at the command line.
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available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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