CVE-2007-1859

Description (CNA)

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.

Affected (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/25610
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25119
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25105
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25065
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25116
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11459
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25225
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:097
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_9_sr.html
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1293
• http://osvdb.org/35531
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23783
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34054
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0322.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25118
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017996
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-474-1
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-14.xml

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