CVE-2007-1859

Xscreensaver - Authentication Bypass

Title source: rule

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 (18)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://osvdb.org/35531

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/25065

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/25105

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/25116

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/25118

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/25119

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/25225

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:097

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0322.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-474-1

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34054

[Issue Tracking] https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1293

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11459

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_9_sr.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23783

[Third Party Advisory] http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-14.xml

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017996

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/25610

Scores

EPSS 0.0009

EPSS Percentile 25.0%

Classification

CWE

CWE-287

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

xscreensaver/xscreensaver

Timeline

Published May 02, 2007

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026