CVE-2009-3101 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2009-3101

xscreensaver (aka Gnome-XScreenSaver) in Sun Solaris 10, and OpenSolaris snv_109...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

opensolaris
Vulnerable Versions:
snv_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, snv_100, snv_101, snv_102, snv_103, snv_104, snv_105, snv_106, snv_107, snv_108

Timeline

Official Publish: September 8th, 2009
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.