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CVE-2007-1859 Detail

Current Description

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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  05/02/2007
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Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.6 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 3.9


Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Provides unauthorized access
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows disruption of service

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-14.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:097
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_9_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0322.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23783
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017996
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-474-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34054
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1293
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11459

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11459
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11459

Technical Details

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-1859
NVD Published Date:
05/02/2007
NVD Last Modified:
10/10/2017