CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-0887

4.7 MEDIUM Published 2008-04-06 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-04-06
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.7 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Description

gnome-screensaver before 2.22.1, when a remote authentication server is enabled, crashes upon an unlock attempt during a network outage, which allows physically proximate attackers to gain access to the locked session, a related issue to CVE-2007-1859.

Affected configurations

• gnome screensaver (<= 2.20.0)

References