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, which allows physically proximate attackers to gain access to
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 70.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-04-06 23:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-02-21
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1e935f5c00aec66bf93414eef5718cdca23131ce9cfd6e82cc763457481c2491
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-2967https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00163.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10813https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10813
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:132http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:132
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-669-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-669-1
- secunia.com29606http://secunia.com/advisories/29606
- secunia.com29759http://secunia.com/advisories/29759
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435773
- secunia.com30967http://secunia.com/advisories/30967
- osvdb.org35531http://osvdb.org/35531
- securitytracker.com1019749http://securitytracker.com/id?1019749
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200804-12http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-12.xml
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0197http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0197.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:014http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html
- secunia.com29742http://secunia.com/advisories/29742
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0218http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0218.html
- secunia.com29595http://secunia.com/advisories/29595
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-3017https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00206.html
- www.securityfocus.com28575http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28575
- secunia.com32691http://secunia.com/advisories/32691
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- gnome-screensaver Fixed in 2.22.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- gnome-screensaver Fixed in 2.22.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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