CVE-2009-4642 | BDVDB-2026-40302 Detail

Description#

gnome-screensaver 2.26.1 relies on the gnome-session D-Bus interface to determine session idle time, even when an Xfce desktop such as Xubuntu or Mythbuntu is used, which allows physically proximate attackers to access an unattended workstation on which screen locking had been intended.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5927
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=536381
https://launchpad.net/bugs/493573
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=592093
https://launchpad.net/bugs/411350

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12010-02-11Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-09-17Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.