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Critical Vulnerability in XScreenSaver: CVE-2007-1859 Explored

Calendar May 14, 2007 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory remote access authentication issue xscreensaver scientific linux
Important: xscreensaver security update 
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 15:26:47 -0500
Reply-To: Connie Sieh 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Connie Sieh 
Subject: Security ERRATA for SL3.0.x xscreensaver i386/x86_64
Comments: To: scientific 

Synopsis: Important: xscreensaver security update
Issue date: 2007-05-02
CVE Names: CVE-2007-1859

Alex Yamauchi discovered a flaw in the way XScreenSaver verifies user
passwords. When a system is using a remote directory service for login
credentials, a local attacker may be able to cause a network outage causing
XScreenSaver to crash, unlocking the screen. (CVE-2007-1859)

SRPMS:
 	xscreensaver-4.10-21.el3.src.rpm

i386:
 	xscreensaver-4.10-21.el3.i386.rpm

x86_64:
 	xscreensaver-4.10-21.el3.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson