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NVD Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2009-4641

Modified

Source-cve@mitre.org

Published At-11 Feb, 2010 | 21:30

Updated At-29 Apr, 2026 | 01:13

gnome-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.

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	2.0	7.2	HIGH	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Type: Primary

Version: 2.0

Base score: 7.2

Base severity: HIGH

Vector:

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

CPE Matches

The GNOME Project

>>screensaver>>2.28.0

cpe:2.3:a:gnome:screensaver:2.28.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

CWE ID: NVD-CWE-Other

Type: Primary

Source: nvd@nist.gov

Vendor Statements

Organization : Red Hat

Last Modified : 2010-03-17T00:00:00

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of gnome-screensaver as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:040	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-866-1	cve@mitre.org	N/A
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600488	cve@mitre.org	Patch
https://launchpad.net/bugs/411350	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:040	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-866-1	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600488	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Patch
https://launchpad.net/bugs/411350	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A