CVE-2009-4642

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnome
Status
Screensaver
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 February 2010

Summary

gnome-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.

References

http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5927
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http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=536381
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https://launchpad.net/bugs/493573
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Timeline

  • Vulnerability Reserved

  • Vulnerability published

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