CVE-2008-0887
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7EPSS 1.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.7 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- EPSS score
- 1.3% (71th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0894)
- Published
- April 6, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0894 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnome / screensaver
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html
- http://osvdb.org/35531
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0197.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29595(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29606(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29742
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29759
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30967
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32691
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-12.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019749
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:132
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0218.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28575
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-669-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435773(Exploit)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10813
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00163.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00206.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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