Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-4641 - Unspecified vulnerability in Gnome Screensaver 2.28.0
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN gnome
nessus
Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 |
Nessus
NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2010-040.NASL description Multiple vulnerabilities has been discovered and corrected in gnome-screensaver : 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 (CVE-2009-4641). gnome-screensaver before 2.28.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and access an unattended workstation by moving the mouse position to an external monitor and then disconnecting that monitor (CVE-2010-0414). This update provides gnome-screensaver 2.28.3, which is not vulnerable to these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 48174 published 2010-07-30 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/48174 title Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : gnome-screensaver (MDVSA-2010:040) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2010:040. # The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(48174); script_version("1.9"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:53"); script_cve_id("CVE-2009-4641", "CVE-2010-0414"); script_xref(name:"MDVSA", value:"2010:040"); script_name(english:"Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : gnome-screensaver (MDVSA-2010:040)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Multiple vulnerabilities has been discovered and corrected in gnome-screensaver : 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 (CVE-2009-4641). gnome-screensaver before 2.28.2 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and access an unattended workstation by moving the mouse position to an external monitor and then disconnecting that monitor (CVE-2010-0414). This update provides gnome-screensaver 2.28.3, which is not vulnerable to these issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected gnome-screensaver package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:gnome-screensaver"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/02/17"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/07/30"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2010.0", reference:"gnome-screensaver-2.28.3-1.1mdv2010.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-866-1.NASL description It was discovered that gnome-screensaver did not always re-enable itself after applications requested it to ignore idle timers. This may result in the screen not being automatically locked after the inactivity timeout is reached, permitting an attacker with physical access to gain access to an unlocked session. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 43059 published 2009-12-08 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2009-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/43059 title Ubuntu 9.10 : gnome-screensaver vulnerability (USN-866-1)
Statements
contributor | Vincent Danen |
lastmodified | 2010-03-17 |
organization | Red Hat |
statement | Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of gnome-screensaver as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. |