CVE-2007-1859

EPSS 0.09%
Published: 5/2/2007Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1859

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 packages (1)

References (1)