CVE-2008-0887

gnome-screensaver using NIS auth will unlock if NIS goes away

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

El salvapantallas de gnome antes de 2.22.1, se cae durante un intento de desbloqueo, cuando está habilitado un servidor de autentificación remota debido a una parada de la red, lo que permite a atacantes físicamente próximos obtener acceso a la sesión bloqueada, un problema relacionado con CVE-2007-1859.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-02-21 CVE Reserved
2008-04-06 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (20)

URL	Tag	Source
http://osvdb.org/35531	Vdb Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/29742	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29759	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30967	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32691	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019749	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28575	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10813	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435773	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html	2017-09-29
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0197.html	2017-09-29
http://secunia.com/advisories/29595	2017-09-29
http://secunia.com/advisories/29606	2017-09-29
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-12.xml	2017-09-29
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:132	2017-09-29
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0218.html	2017-09-29
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-669-1	2017-09-29
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00163.html	2017-09-29
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00206.html	2017-09-29
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0887	2008-04-03

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gnome Search vendor "Gnome"		Screensaver Search vendor "Gnome" for product "Screensaver"				<= 2.20.0 Search vendor "Gnome" for product "Screensaver" and version " <= 2.20.0"		-		Affected