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CVE-2009-3101

xscreensaver (aka Gnome-XScreenSaver) in Sun Solaris 10, and OpenSolaris snv_109 through snv_122, does not properly hand

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9 EPSS 0.00039
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Affected Products & Versions

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sun opensolarisall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

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pocbugs.opensolaris.org · view_bug.do?bug_id=6839026bugs.opensolaris.org
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Scoring & Timeline

4.9
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published to NVD08 Sep 2009 · 06:30 PM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266469-1Vendor Advisory
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