CVE-2009-4642 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00155.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Gnome	Screensaver

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnome:screensaver:2.26.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2009-4607	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=536381
http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5927
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=592093
https://launchpad.net/bugs/411350
https://launchpad.net/bugs/493573

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2010-02-11T21:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T00:55:59.220Z

Reserved: 2010-02-11T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2009-4642

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2010-02-11T21:30:00.627

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2009-4642

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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