CVE-2008-0887

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    CVE-2008-0887

    Published: 6 Apr 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0197.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/29595, http://secunia.com/advisories/29606, http://secunia.com/advisories/29742, http://secunia.com/advisories/29759, http://secunia.com/advisories/30967, http://secunia.com/advisories/32691, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-12.xml, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:132, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-669-1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435773, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html, http://osvdb.org/35531, http://securitytracker.com/id?1019749, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0218.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28575, 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

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High