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XScreenSaver 4.10, when using a remote directory service...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 1, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 31, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 2, 2007
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 1, 2022
Last updated Jan 31, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

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(11th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2007-1859

GHSA ID

GHSA-fr4x-26r9-jx2p

Source code

No known source code

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