Vulnerability CVE-2010-0422
Published: 2010-02-24   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
gnome-screensaver 2.28.x before 2.28.3 does not properly synchronize the state of screen locking and the unlock dialog in situations involving a change to the number of monitors, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and access an unattended workstation by connecting and disconnecting monitors multiple times, a related issue to CVE-2010-0414.

Type:

CWE-Other

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4/10
6.9/10
1.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Complete
None
Affected software
Gnome -> Screensaver 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=564464
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=609789
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/56364
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38248
http://secunia.com/advisories/38583
http://secunia.com/advisories/38565
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126601292400764&w=2
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035115.html
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=f93a22c175090cf02e80bc3ee676b53f1251f685
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=d4dcbd65a2df3c093c4e3a74bbbc75383eb9eadb
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=271ae93d7b140b8ba40d77f9e4ce894e5fd1b554
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-screensaver/2.28/gnome-screensaver-2.28.3.news
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