CVE-2009-4641

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-4641
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-02-11 21:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptiongnome-screensaver 2.28.0 does not resume adherence to its activation settings after an inhibiting application becomes unavailable on the session bus, which allows physically proximate attackers to access an unattended workstation on which screen locking had been intended.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Screensaver 2.28.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:040 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
USN-866-1: gnome-screensaver vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Bug #411350 “gnome-screensaver not functioning” : Bugs : “gnome-screensaver” package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 launchpad.net
Bug 600488 – Totem is leaking session inhibitors af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.gnome.org Patch
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Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2010-03-17Vincent DanenNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of gnome-screensaver as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
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