SuSE9 Security Update : xscreensaver (YOU Patch Number 12174)

Following security problem is fixed by this patch : - When getpwuid fails due to dropped network on NIS accounts fail instead of silently disabling locking and just blanking. CVE-2008-1683 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The text description of this plugin is C Novell, Inc...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : xscreensaver (xscreensaver-5333)

Following security problem is fixed by this patch : CVE-2008-1683: When getpwuid fails due to dropped network on NIS accounts fail instead of silently disabling locking and just blanking. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin...

SuSE 10 Security Update : xscreensaver (ZYPP Patch Number 5334)

Following security problem is fixed by this patch : - When getpwuid fails due to dropped network on NIS accounts fail instead of silently disabling locking and just blanking. CVE-2008-1683 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The text description of this plugin is C Novell, Inc...

CVE-2008-1683

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CVE-2008-1683

CVE-2008-1683 is a duplicate of CVE-2008-0887 and the candidate itself has been withdrawn; the connected records show the root issue is in gnome-screensaver’s password verification logic, which could allow a local attacker to crash the screen unlock process when remote authentication is involved....