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CVE-2009-3100

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
08/09/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

xscreensaver (aka Gnome-XScreenSaver) in Sun Solaris 9 and 10, OpenSolaris snv_109 through snv_122, and X11 6.4.1 on Solaris 8 does not properly handle Accessibility support, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by locking the screen and then attempting to launch an Accessibility pop-up window, related to a regression in certain Solaris and OpenSolaris patches.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
4.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_109:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_109:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_110:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_110:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_111:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_111:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_112:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_112:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_113:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_113:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_114:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_114:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_115:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_115:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_116:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*

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