CVE-2007-1859
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 35.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-05-02 20:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 13:13Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-04-04
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1c3268965f8c4efa5e65c2aeccc6679e13cfd5c2ccfac2e86ff6db110c49d526
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com25610http://secunia.com/advisories/25610
- secunia.com25119http://secunia.com/advisories/25119
- secunia.com25105http://secunia.com/advisories/25105
- secunia.com25065http://secunia.com/advisories/25065
- secunia.com25116http://secunia.com/advisories/25116
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11459https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11459
- secunia.com25225http://secunia.com/advisories/25225
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:097http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:097
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2007:009http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_9_sr.html
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1293
- osvdb.org35531http://osvdb.org/35531
- www.securityfocus.com23783http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23783
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comxscreensaver-getpwuid-authentication-bypass(34054)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34054
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0322http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0322.html
- secunia.com25118http://secunia.com/advisories/25118
- www.securitytracker.com1017996http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017996
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-474-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-474-1
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200705-14http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-14.xml
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xscreensaver Fixed in 5.03-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xscreensaver Fixed in 5.03-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xscreensaver Fixed in 5.03-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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