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CVE-2009-4641

Publication date 11 February 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

gnome-screensaver 2.28.0 does not resume adherence to its activation settings after an inhibiting application becomes unavailable on the session bus, which allows physically proximate attackers to access an unattended workstation on which screen locking had been intended.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gnome-screensaver 9.10 karmic
Fixed 2.28.0-0ubuntu3.1
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-866-1
    • gnome-screensaver vulnerability
    • 7 December 2009

Other references