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title: "CVE-2004-2655\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2004-2655

Publication date 31 December 2004

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

rdesktop 1.3.1 with xscreensaver 4.14, and possibly other versions, when
running on Fedora and possibly other platforms, does not release the
keyboard focus when xscreensaver starts, which causes the password to be
entered into the active window when the user unlocks the screen.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| xscreensaver | 7.04 feisty | Not affected |
| 6.10 edgy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-2655)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2655)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2004-2655)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-2655)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-269-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-269-1)
+ xscreensaver vulnerability
+ 11 April 2006

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-2655>