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CVE-2008-0887

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Description

gnome-screensaver before 2.22.1, when a remote authentication server is enabled, crashes upon an unlock attempt during a network outage, which allows physically proximate attackers to gain access to the locked session, a related issue to CVE-2007-1859.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00206.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00163.html

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10813

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-669-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28575

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0218.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:132

http://securitytracker.com/id?1019749

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-12.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/32691

http://secunia.com/advisories/30967

http://secunia.com/advisories/29759

http://secunia.com/advisories/29742

http://secunia.com/advisories/29606

http://secunia.com/advisories/29595

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0197.html

http://osvdb.org/35531

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-04-06

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00239

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