ghsa-fr4x-26r9-jx2p
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-01 17:57
Modified
2022-05-01 17:57
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2007-1859"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-287"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2007-05-02T20:19:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-fr4x-26r9-jx2p",
  "modified": "2022-05-01T17:57:45Z",
  "published": "2022-05-01T17:57:45Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1859"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34054"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1293"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11459"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://osvdb.org/35531"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25065"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25105"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25116"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25118"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25119"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25225"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25610"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-14.xml"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:097"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_9_sr.html"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0322.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23783"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017996"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-474-1"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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