CVE-2004-2655

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    CVE-2004-2655

    Published: 31 Dec 2004Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    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://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:071, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_23_sr.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17471, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188149, 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.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0498.html, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10096, https://usn.ubuntu.com/269-1/

    Affected packages

    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