SUSE: CVE-2021-34557: SUSE Linux Security Advisory
2
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
06/10/2021
10/26/2022
10/26/2022
10/26/2022
Description
XScreenSaver 5.45 can be bypassed if the machine has more than ten disconnectable video outputs. A buffer overflow in update_screen_layout() allows an attacker to bypass the standard screen lock authentication mechanism by crashing XScreenSaver. The attacker must physically disconnect many video outputs.
Solution(s)
- suse-upgrade-xscreensaver
- suse-upgrade-xscreensaver-data
- suse-upgrade-xscreensaver-data-extra
- suse-upgrade-xscreensaver-lang
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