Gentoo Linux: CVE-2007-1859: XScreenSaver: Privilege escalation
5
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
05/02/2007
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
10/30/2017
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.
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-misc-xscreensaver
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