CVE-2009-3101

CVE-2009-3101 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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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