xscreensaver (aka Gnome-XScreenSaver) in Sun Solaris 10, and OpenSolaris snv_109 through snv_122, does not properly handle Trusted Extensions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and console hang) by locking the screen, related to a regression in certain Solaris and OpenSolaris patches.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-3084 xscreensaver (aka Gnome-XScreenSaver) in Sun Solaris 10, and OpenSolaris snv_109 through snv_122, does not properly handle Trusted Extensions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and console hang) by locking the screen, related to a regression in certain Solaris and OpenSolaris patches.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T01:56:06.200Z

Reserved: 2009-09-08T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2009-3101

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2009-09-08T18:30:00.827

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2009-3101

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