Vulnerability CVE-2008-0887
Published: 2008-04-06   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

Type:

CWE-DesignError

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.7/10
6.9/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Gnome -> Screensaver 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435773
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:132
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019749
http://secunia.com/advisories/30967
http://secunia.com/advisories/29606
http://secunia.com/advisories/29595
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0197.html
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10813
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00206.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00163.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28575
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0218.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-12.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/29759
http://secunia.com/advisories/29742
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