CVE-2007-1859

CVSS V2 Medium 4.6 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2007-1859
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2007-05-02T20:19:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-10-11T01:32:01
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-287 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:advanced_server:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:workstation:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:advanced_servers:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:workstation:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:advanced_server:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:workstation:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_advanced_workstation:2.1:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.6
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0322.html Patch Vendor Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1293
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:097
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_9_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23783
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017996
http://secunia.com/advisories/25065 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25105 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25118 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25116 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25119 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-14.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/25225 Vendor Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-474-1
http://secunia.com/advisories/25610
http://osvdb.org/35531
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34054
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11459
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1859
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1859
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:58:45 Added to TrackCVE