CVE-2007-1859

Summary

CVECVE-2007-1859
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-05-02 20:19:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-11 01:32:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-287

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 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 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
Operating System Redhat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 All itanium All
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.10 All All All
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.10 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat update for xscreensaver - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
rPath update for xscreensaver - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
XScreenSaver "getpwuid()" Authentication Bypass Weakness - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Advisories | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Mandriva update for xscreensaver - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- XScreenSaver: Privilege escalation GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
USN-474-1: xscreensaver vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Ubuntu update for xscreensaver - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Gentoo update for xscreensaver - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1293 CONFIRM issues.rpath.com
35531 OSVDB osvdb.org
Xscreensaver Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
XScreenSaver LDAP Authentication Error Lets Physically Local Users Bypass the Password Feature - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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