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    CVE-2004-2655

    rdesktop 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.

    Published:May 12, 2004
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Apr 8, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.01401
    CVSS Score:5.4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Xscreensaver
    Product
    Xscreensaver

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.asc
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20226
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20456
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20782
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22080
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1016150
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1016151
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-107.htm
    http://www.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.os.linux.security/2004-08/0018.html
    http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/changelog.html
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:071
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_23_sr.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0498.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17471
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188149
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10096
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/269-1/
    ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.asc
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20226
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20456
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20782
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22080
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1016150
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1016151
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-107.htm
    http://www.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.os.linux.security/2004-08/0018.html
    http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/changelog.html
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:071
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_23_sr.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0498.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17471
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188149
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10096
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/269-1/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High