CVE-2009-4642

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-4642
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 2.26.1 relies on the gnome-session D-Bus interface to determine session idle time, even when an Xfce desktop such as Xubuntu or Mythbuntu is used, 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 2.26.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 592093 – Reliance on gnome-session af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.gnome.org
Bug #493573 “gnome-screensaver doesn't activate under XFCE” : Bugs : xfce4-session package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 launchpad.net
5927 – gnome-screensaver not activated af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.xfce.org
Bug #411350 “gnome-screensaver not functioning” : Bugs : “gnome-screensaver” package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 launchpad.net
#536381 - gnome-screensaver: idle time on the computer is not taken into account - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
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