CVE-2008-0887
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-0887 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-04-06 23:44:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2017-09-29 01:30:00 UTC |
| Description | gnome-screensaver before 2.22.1, when a remote authentication server is enabled, crashes upon an unlock attempt during a network outage, which allows physically proximate attackers to gain access to the locked session, a related issue to CVE-2007-1859. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Gnome | Screensaver | All | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Repository / Oval Repository | OVAL | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| Red Hat update for gnome-screensaver - Advisories - Secunia | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | SECUNIA | secunia.com | |
| Fedora update for gnome-screensaver - Advisories - Secunia | SECUNIA | secunia.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: gnome-screensaver-2.20.0-12.fc8 | FEDORA | www.redhat.com | |
| 435773 – (CVE-2008-0887) CVE-2008-0887 gnome-screensaver using NIS auth will unlock if NIS goes away | CONFIRM | bugzilla.redhat.com | Exploit |
| Ubuntu update for gnome-screensaver - Secunia.com | SECUNIA | secunia.com | |
| Gnome Desktop Screensaver NIS Authentication Local Unauthorized Access Vulnerability | BID | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Gentoo update for gnome-screensaver - Advisories - Secunia | SECUNIA | secunia.com | |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | REDHAT | rhn.redhat.com | |
| gnome-screensaver Information Disclosure and Security Bypass - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | REDHAT | www.redhat.com | |
| 35531 | OSVDB | osvdb.org | |
| gnome-screensaver: Privilege escalation — Gentoo Linux Documentation | GENTOO | security.gentoo.org | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:132 | Mandriva | MANDRIVA | www.mandriva.com | |
| USN-669-1: gnome-screensaver vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | UBUNTU | www.ubuntu.com | |
| gnome-screensaver Lets Local Users Bypass the Password - SecurityTracker | SECTRACK | securitytracker.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: gnome-screensaver-2.18.2-4.fc7 | FEDORA | www.redhat.com | |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:014 | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.