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Gentoo GLSA-202310-12 Normal: XScreenSaver Security Flaw

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Calendar Grey May 13, 2007
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A vulnerability in the XScreenSaver system permits local users to circumvent authentication measures, resulting in potential privilege escalation; an upgrade is advised.
XScreenSaver allows local users to bypass authentication under certain configurations.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200705-14 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: XScreenSaver: Privilege escalation Date: May 13, 2007 Bugs: #176584 ID: 200705-14

Synopsis ======= XScreenSaver allows local users to bypass authentication under certain configurations.
Background ========= XScreenSaver is a widely used screen saver collection shipped on systems running the X11 Window System.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 x11-misc/xscreensaver < 5.02 >= 5.02
========== XScreenSaver incorrectly handles the results of the getpwuid() function in drivers/lock.c when using directory servers during a network outage.
Impact ===== A...

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