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CVE-2009-3100

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.

Published

2009-09-08T18:30:00.813

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: HIGH
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

1.9

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System sun opensolaris snv_109 Yes
Operating System sun opensolaris snv_109 Yes
Operating System sun opensolaris snv_110 Yes
Operating System sun opensolaris snv_110 Yes
Operating System sun opensolaris snv_111 Yes
Operating System sun opensolaris snv_111 Yes
Operating System sun opensolaris snv_112 Yes
Operating System sun opensolaris snv_112 Yes
Operating System sun opensolaris snv_113 Yes
Operating System sun opensolaris snv_113 Yes
Operating System sun opensolaris snv_114 Yes
Operating System sun opensolaris snv_114 Yes
Operating System sun opensolaris snv_115 Yes
Operating System sun opensolaris snv_115 Yes
Operating System sun opensolaris snv_116 Yes
Operating System sun opensolaris snv_116 Yes
Operating System sun opensolaris snv_117 Yes
Operating System sun opensolaris snv_117 Yes
Operating System sun opensolaris snv_118 Yes
Operating System sun opensolaris snv_118 Yes
Operating System sun opensolaris snv_119 Yes
Operating System sun opensolaris snv_119 Yes
Operating System sun opensolaris snv_120 Yes
Operating System sun opensolaris snv_120 Yes
Operating System sun opensolaris snv_121 Yes
Operating System sun opensolaris snv_121 Yes
Operating System sun opensolaris snv_122 Yes
Operating System sun opensolaris snv_122 Yes
Operating System sun solaris 9 Yes
Operating System sun solaris 9 Yes
Operating System sun solaris 10 Yes
Operating System sun solaris 10 Yes
Application x.org x11 6.4.1 Yes
Operating System sun solaris 8 Yes
Operating System sun solaris 8 No
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