CVE-2007-1859

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    CVE-2007-1859

    Published: 2 May 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/25065, http://secunia.com/advisories/25105, http://secunia.com/advisories/25116, http://secunia.com/advisories/25118, http://secunia.com/advisories/25119, http://secunia.com/advisories/25225, http://secunia.com/advisories/25610, 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, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-474-1, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0322.html, http://osvdb.org/35531, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23783, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017996, 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

    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
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