CVE-2009-3101 (GCVE-0-2009-3101)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-09-08 18:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:56
VLAI
Summary
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.
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CWE
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