CVE-2009-3100 | BDVDB-2026-38328 Detail

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#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6839026
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266469-1

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12009-09-08Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-09-17Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.