CVE-2009-4641

NameCVE-2009-4641
Descriptiongnome-screensaver 2.28.0 does not resume adherence to its activation settings after an inhibiting application becomes unavailable on the session bus, which allows physically proximate attackers to access an unattended workstation on which screen locking had been intended.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs569667

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
gnome-screensaver (PTS)sid, trixie, bookworm, bullseye3.6.1-13fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
gnome-screensaversourceetch(not affected)
gnome-screensaversourcelenny(not affected)
gnome-screensaversource(unstable)2.28.0-2low569667

Notes

[etch] - gnome-screensaver <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[lenny] - gnome-screensaver <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
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