CVE-2009-4997

high

Published 2010-09-07 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.2

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.28.0-1`
sid	Fixed	`2.28.0-1`
forky	Fixed	`2.28.0-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.28.0-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.28.0-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
gnome	power_manager	`2.27.92`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

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