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CVE-2021-34557

Medium priority
Needs evaluation

XScreenSaver 5.45 can be bypassed if the machine has more than ten disconnectable video outputs. A buffer overflow in update_screen_layout() allows an attacker to bypass the standard screen lock authentication mechanism by...

1 affected packages

xscreensaver

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
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CVE-2021-31523

Medium priority
Needs evaluation

The Debian xscreensaver 5.42+dfsg1-1 package for XScreenSaver has cap_net_raw enabled for the /usr/libexec/xscreensaver/sonar file, which allows local users to gain privileges because this is arguably incompatible with the design...

1 affected packages

xscreensaver

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
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CVE-2011-2187

Medium priority
Ignored

xscreensaver before 5.14 crashes during activation and leaves the screen unlocked when in Blank Only Mode and when DPMS is disabled, which allows local attackers to access resources without authentication.

1 affected packages

xscreensaver

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
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CVE-2019-3010

Medium priority
Not affected

Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: XScreenSaver). The supported version that is affected is 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to...

1 affected packages

xscreensaver

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
xscreensaver Not affected Not affected
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CVE-2015-8025

Medium priority

Some fixes available 2 of 4

driver/subprocs.c in XScreenSaver before 5.34 does not properly perform an internal consistency check, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by hot swapping monitors.

1 affected packages

xscreensaver

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
xscreensaver Not affected
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CVE-2009-3101

Low priority
Not affected

xscreensaver (aka Gnome-XScreenSaver) in Sun Solaris 10, and OpenSolaris snv_109 through snv_122, does not properly handle Trusted Extensions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and console...

1 affected packages

xscreensaver

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
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CVE-2009-3100

Low priority
Not affected

xscreensaver (aka Gnome-XScreenSaver) in Sun Solaris 9 and 10, OpenSolaris snv_109 through snv_122, and X11 6.4.1 on Solaris 8 does not properly handle Accessibility support, which allows local users to cause a denial of service...

1 affected packages

xscreensaver

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
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CVE-2007-5585

Low priority
Ignored

xscreensaver 5.03 and earlier, when running without xscreensaver-gl-extras (GL extras) installed, crashes when /usr/bin/xscreensaver-gl-helper does not exist and a user attempts to unlock the screen, which allows attackers with...

1 affected packages

xscreensaver

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
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CVE-2007-3283

Unknown priority
Not affected

GNOME XScreenSaver in Sun Solaris 8 and 9 before 20070417, when root is logged into the console, does not automatically lock the screen after a session has been inactive, which might allow physically proximate attackers to access...

1 affected packages

xscreensaver

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
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CVE-2007-1859

Unknown priority
Fixed

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...

1 affected packages

xscreensaver

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
xscreensaver
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