# CVE-2009-3100: xscreensaver (aka Gnome-XScreenSaver) in Sun Solaris 9 and 10, OpenSolaris snv\_109 through snv\_122, and X11 6.4.1 on Solaris 8 does not prop

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-09-08 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

xscreensaver (aka Gnome-XScreenSaver) in Sun Solaris 9 and 10, OpenSolaris snv_109 through snv_122, and X11 6.4.1 on Solaris 8 does not properly handle Accessibility support, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by locking the screen and then attempting to launch an Accessibility pop-up window, related to a regression in certain Solaris and OpenSolaris patches.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6839026
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266469-1

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