CVE-2004-2655

Summary

CVECVE-2004-2655
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-03 21:29:00 UTC
Descriptionrdesktop 1.3.1 with xscreensaver 4.14, and possibly other versions, when running on Fedora and possibly other platforms, does not release the keyboard focus when xscreensaver starts, which causes the password to be entered into the active window when the user unlocks the screen.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.14 All All All
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.16 All All All
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.17 All All All
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.14 All All All
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.16 All All All
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.17 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Advisories - Mandriva Linux OS MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
ASA-2006-107 (RHSA-2006-0498) CONFIRM support.avaya.com
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
XScreenSaver rdesktop May Display the Screensaver Password in Another Window - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com
Avaya Products XScreenSaver Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
comp.os.linux.security: exposed passwords in Fedora 2 !!!!! MISC www.derkeiler.com
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for xscreensaver SECUNIA secunia.com
XScreenSaver CONFIRM www.jwz.org
SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
USN-269-1: xscreensaver vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
(Red Hat Issues Fix) XScreenSaver rdesktop May Display the Screensaver Password in Another Window - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com
20060602-01-U SGI patches.sgi.com
188149 – CVE-2004-2655 xscreensaver passes password to other applications MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
XScreenSaver Local Password Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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