FKIE_CVE-2007-3283

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-06-19 22:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:41
Severity
Summary
GNOME XScreenSaver in Sun Solaris 8 and 9 before 20070417, when root is logged into the console, does not automatically lock the screen after a session has been inactive, which might allow physically proximate attackers to access the console.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/36586
cve@mitre.orghttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101338-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html#root-lock
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2037
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/36586
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101338-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html#root-lock
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2037
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
sun solaris 8.0
sun solaris 8.0
sun solaris 9.0
sun solaris 9.0
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