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CVE-2008-0887
gnome-screensaver before 2.22.1, when a remote authentication server is enabled, crashes upon an unlock attempt during a network outage,…
Medium4.7EPSS 1.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.7 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (19)
- FEDORA-2008-2967 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10813 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:132 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- USN-669-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 29606 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29759 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435773 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 30967 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 35531 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1019749 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- GLSA-200804-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0197 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 29742 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0218 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 29595 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-3017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 28575 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 32691 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .