CVE-2008-0887

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

Severity Score

4.7

*CVSS v2

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

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
2024-09-08 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