CVE-2009-3101 | BDVDB-2026-38329 Detail

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#

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.