CVE-2007-1859
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-287
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (36th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-1853)
- Published
- May 2, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-1853 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
- redhat / linux advanced workstation
- xscreensaver / xscreensaver
References
- http://osvdb.org/35531
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25065(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25105(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25116(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25118(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25119(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25225(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25610
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-14.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:097
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_9_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0322.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23783
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017996
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-474-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34054
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1293
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11459
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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