CVE-2004-2655

Summary

CVECVE-2004-2655
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.4 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for xscreensaver af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
188149 – CVE-2004-2655 xscreensaver passes password to other applications af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
(Red Hat Issues Fix) XScreenSaver rdesktop May Display the Screensaver Password in Another Window - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
XScreenSaver Local Password Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Avaya Products XScreenSaver Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
comp.os.linux.security: exposed passwords in Fedora 2 !!!!! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.derkeiler.com
XScreenSaver af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.jwz.org
SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
ASA-2006-107 (RHSA-2006-0498) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
USN-269-1: xscreensaver vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
XScreenSaver rdesktop May Display the Screensaver Password in Another Window - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux OS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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