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title: "CVE-2009-3100\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-3100

Publication date 8 September 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| xscreensaver | 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3100)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3100)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-3100)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3100)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3100>