CVE-2009-4997

Publication date 7 September 2010

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Description

gnome-power-manager 2.27.92 does not properly implement the lock_on_suspend and lock_on_hibernate settings for locking the screen when the suspend or hibernate button is pressed, which might make it easier for physically proximate attackers to access an unattended laptop via a resume action, a related issue to CVE-2010-2532. NOTE: this issue exists because of a regression that followed a gnome-power-manager fix a few years earlier.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
gnome-power-manager	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	9.10 karmic	Not affected
	9.04 jaunty	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected
	6.06 LTS dapper	Ignored end of life

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https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4997

CVE-2009-4997

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