CVE-2007-1859

CVE-2007-1859 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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