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CVE-2008-0887 Detail

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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  04/06/2008

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.7 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.9
Exploitability Subscore: 3.4

Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0197.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-12.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019749
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:132
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0218.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28575
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-669-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435773 Exploit
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10813
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00163.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00206.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10813
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10813

Technical Details

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-0887
NVD Published Date:
04/06/2008
NVD Last Modified:
09/28/2017