CVE-2007-1859 (GCVE-0-2007-1859)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-05-02 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 13:13
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1122 records in the last 180 days details
References
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-14.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Date Public
2007-05-02 00:00
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