FKIE_CVE-2009-3100

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-09-08 18:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:10
Severity
Summary
xscreensaver (aka Gnome-XScreenSaver) in Sun Solaris 9 and 10, OpenSolaris snv_109 through snv_122, and X11 6.4.1 on Solaris 8 does not properly handle Accessibility support, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by locking the screen and then attempting to launch an Accessibility pop-up window, related to a regression in certain Solaris and OpenSolaris patches.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6839026Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266469-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6839026Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266469-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
sun opensolaris snv_109
sun opensolaris snv_109
sun opensolaris snv_110
sun opensolaris snv_110
sun opensolaris snv_111
sun opensolaris snv_111
sun opensolaris snv_112
sun opensolaris snv_112
sun opensolaris snv_113
sun opensolaris snv_113
sun opensolaris snv_114
sun opensolaris snv_114
sun opensolaris snv_115
sun opensolaris snv_115
sun opensolaris snv_116
sun opensolaris snv_116
sun opensolaris snv_117
sun opensolaris snv_117
sun opensolaris snv_118
sun opensolaris snv_118
sun opensolaris snv_119
sun opensolaris snv_119
sun opensolaris snv_120
sun opensolaris snv_120
sun opensolaris snv_121
sun opensolaris snv_121
sun opensolaris snv_122
sun opensolaris snv_122
sun solaris 9
sun solaris 9
sun solaris 10
sun solaris 10
x.org x11 6.4.1
sun solaris 8
sun solaris 8
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