CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2007:0322-01
XScreenSaver is a collection of screensavers.
Alex Yamauchi discovered a flaw in the way XScreenSaver verifies user
passwords. When a system is using a remote directory service for login
credentials, a local attacker may be able to cause a network outage causing
XScreenSaver to crash, unlocking the screen. (CVE-2007-1859)
Users of XScreenSaver should upgrade to this updated package, which
contains a backported patch to correct this issue.
Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-May/075880.html
Affected packages:
xscreensaver
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CentOS | 2 | i386 | xscreensaver | < 3.33-4.rhel21.5 | xscreensaver-3.33-4.rhel21.5.i386.rpm |