CVE-2009-3100

Medium

Description

xscreensaver (aka Gnome-XScreenSaver) in Sun Solaris 9 and 10, OpenSolaris snv_109 through snv_122, and X11 6.4.1 on Solaris 8 does not properly handle Accessibility support, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by locking the screen and then attempting to launch an Accessibility pop-up window, related to a regression in certain Solaris and OpenSolaris patches.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.0
Exploit probability—
ProductSun Opensolaris
PublishedSep 8, 2009
First seenSep 8, 2009

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
sun opensolarissnv_109, snv_110, snv_111, snv_112, snv_113, snv_114, snv_115, snv_116, snv_117, snv_118, snv_119, snv_120, snv_121, snv_122—
sun solaris9, 10, 8—
x.org x116.4.1—

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