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CVE-2009-3101

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
Publication date:
08/09/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

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

Base Score: 4.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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

Base Score 2.0
4.90
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_110:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_111:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_112:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_113:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_114:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_115:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_116:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_117:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_118:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_119:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_120:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_121:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_122:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*

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