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.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu | 6.06 | noarch | xscreensaver | < 4.23-4ubuntu8.1 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 6.10 | noarch | xscreensaver | < 4.24-4ubuntu2.1 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 7.04 | noarch | xscreensaver | < 4.24-5ubuntu2.1 | UNKNOWN |