GNOME Screensaver monitor security bypass
| gnome-screensaver-monitor-sec-bypass (56364) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
GNOME Screensaver could allow a local attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a vulnerability in the keyboard grab when adding and removing monitors repeatedly. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the user's locked screen and gain unauthorized access to the victim's system.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 2.1 |
| Access Vector: | Local |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 1.6 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Bypass Security
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Screensaver (2.28.3 or later), available from the GNOME Web site. See References.
References:
- GNOME Bugzilla ¿ Bug 609789: CVE-2010-0422 gnome-screensaver: loses its unlock dialog and keyboard grab sometimes when plugging and unplugging monitor repeatedly.
- GNOME Web site: GnomeScreensaver - GNOME Live!.
- BID-38248: gnome-screensaver Monitor Topology Security Bypass Vulnerability
- CVE-2010-0422: 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.
- SA38565: gnome-screensaver Monitor Topology Change Security Bypass Weakness
- SUSE-SR:2010:004: SUSE Security Summary Report
- USN-907-1: gnome-screensaver vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical Ubuntu 8.10
- GNOME Screensaver 2.28
- GNOME Screensaver 2.28.1
- GNOME Screensaver 2.28.2
Reported:
Feb 12, 2010
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