Updated xscreensaver package fixes security vulnerability

The updated xscreensaver packages fix a security issue when used, in some cases, with dual screen and unplugging one of them...

[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: xscreensaver-5.34-1.fc21

A modular screen saver and locker for the X Window System. More than 200 display modes are included in this package. This is a metapackage for installing all default packages related to XScreenSaver...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : xscreensaver vulnerability (USN-2789-1)

It was discovered that XScreenSaver incorrectly handled unplugging an external monitor. An attacker with physical access could use this flaw to gain access to a locked session. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2789-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

USN-2789-1: XScreenSaver vulnerability

It was discovered that XScreenSaver incorrectly handled unplugging an external monitor. An attacker with physical access could use this flaw to gain access to a locked session...

[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: xscreensaver-5.34-1.fc23

A modular screen saver and locker for the X Window System. More than 200 display modes are included in this package. This is a metapackage for installing all default packages related to XScreenSaver...

Debian DLA-338-1 : xscreensaver security update

xscreensaver, a screensaver daemon and frontend for X11 was vulnerable to crashing when hot-swapping monitors. For Debian 6 Squeeze, this issue has been fixed in xscreensaver version 5.11-1+deb6u11. NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA...

[SECURITY] [DLA 338-1] xscreensaver security update

Package : xscreensaver Version : 5.11-1+deb6u11 CVE ID : CVE-2015-8025 Debian Bug : 802914 xscreensaver, a screensaver daemon and frontend for X11 was vulnerable to crashing when hot-swapping monitors. For Debian 6 Squeeze, this issue has been fixed in xscreensaver version 5.11-1+deb6u11. Regards...

DLA-338-1 xscreensaver - security update

Bulletin has no description...

CVE-2003-0885

Xscreensaver 4.14 contains certain debugging code that should have been omitted, which causes Xscreensaver to create temporary files insecurely in the 1 apple2, 2 xanalogtv, and 3 pong screensavers, and allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack...

CVE-2015-8025

driver/subprocs.c in XScreenSaver before 5.34 does not properly perform an internal consistency check, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by hot swapping monitors...

FreeBSD : xscreensaver - lock bypass (4b9393b8-7c0c-11e5-a010-080027ddead3)

RedHat bugzilla reports : In dual screen configurations, unplugging one screen will cause xscreensaver to crash, leaving the screen unlocked. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database ...

xscreensaver - lock bypass

RedHat bugzilla reports: In dual screen configurations, unplugging one screen will cause xscreensaver to crash, leaving the screen unlocked...

The vulnerability of the Gentoo Linux operating system allows a malicious individual to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information.

The vulnerability of the xscreensaver package up to version 5.02 in the Gentoo Linux operating system can lead to violations of privacy, integrity, and accessibility of protected information. This vulnerability can be exploited locally...

The vulnerability of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system allows malicious actors to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information.

The vulnerability of the xscreensaver-4.18 package in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system can lead to violations of confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information. This vulnerability can be exploited locally...

The vulnerability of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system allows a remote attacker to compromise the confidentiality of protected information.

The vulnerability of the xscreensaver-4.10 package in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system can lead to a violation of the confidentiality of protected information. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely...

The vulnerability of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system allows a remote attacker to compromise the confidentiality of protected information.

The vulnerability of the xscreensaver-3.33 package in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system can lead to a violation of the confidentiality of protected information. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely...

Oracle Linux 3 / 4 : xscreensaver (ELSA-2007-0322)

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2007:0322 : An updated xscreensaver package that fixes a security flaw is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 4. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. XScreenSaver is a collection of...

Oracle Linux 4 : nss_ldap (ELSA-2006-0719)

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2006:0719 : Updated nssldap packages that fix a security flaw are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. nssldap is a set of C library extensions that allow...

Scientific Linux Security Update : xscreensaver on SL3.0.x i386/x86_64

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 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...