CVEvulnerability

CVE-2007-1859

4.6 MEDIUM Published 2007-05-02 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2007-05-02
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-287

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• xscreensaver xscreensaver 4.10

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness

References