DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4642

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4642
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4642.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4642
Upstream
Published
2010-02-11T21:30:00.627Z
Modified
2025-12-18T23:09:43.849488Z
Summary
[none]
Details

gnome-screensaver 2.26.1 relies on the gnome-session D-Bus interface to determine session idle time, even when an Xfce desktop such as Xubuntu or Mythbuntu is used, which allows physically proximate attackers to access an unattended workstation on which screen locking had been intended.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / gnome-screensaver

Package

Name
gnome-screensaver
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gnome-screensaver?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.26.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4642.json"

Debian:12 / gnome-screensaver

Package

Name
gnome-screensaver
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gnome-screensaver?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.26.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4642.json"

Debian:13 / gnome-screensaver

Package

Name
gnome-screensaver
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gnome-screensaver?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.26.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4642.json"