CVE-2007-1859
XScreenSaver 4.10, when using a remote directory service for credentials, does not properly handle the results from the getpwuid function in drivers/lock.c when there is no network connectivity, which causes XScreenSaver to crash and unlock the screen and allows local users to bypass authentication.
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 4.6 Medium
- Status
- Modified - secalert@redhat.com
- Published
- 2007-05-02
- Last modified
- 2024-08-07
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Affected products
References
- http://osvdb.org/35531
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25065
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25105
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25116
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25118
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25119
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25225
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25610
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-14.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:097
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_9_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0322.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23783
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017996
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-474-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34054
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1293
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11459
