CVE-2007-1859

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-1859
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-05-02 20:19:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionXScreenSaver 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-287 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All advanced_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All workstation All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All advanced_servers All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All workstation All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All advanced_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All workstation All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 All itanium All
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.10 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-474-1: xscreensaver vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Gentoo update for xscreensaver - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/35531 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Ubuntu update for xscreensaver - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Red Hat update for xscreensaver - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Mandriva update for xscreensaver - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
XScreenSaver LDAP Authentication Error Lets Physically Local Users Bypass the Password Feature - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1293 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
XScreenSaver "getpwuid()" Authentication Bypass Weakness - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Xscreensaver Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- XScreenSaver: Privilege escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
rPath update for xscreensaver - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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