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CVE-2011-2187

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.

Published

2019-11-27T18:15:10.927

Last Modified

2024-11-21T01:27:46.517

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-306

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	xscreensaver_project	xscreensaver	< 5.14	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	10.0	Yes

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2187 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=627382 Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2187 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2187 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/changelog.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/17 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2187 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=627382 Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2187 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2187 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/changelog.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/17 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)