Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | xscreensaver security update |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | DSA-3438 | First vendor Publication | 2016-01-09 |
| Vendor | Debian | Last vendor Modification | 2016-01-09 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | 1 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
| Calculate full CVSS 3.0 Vectors scores | |||
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 2.1 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| It was discovered that unplugging one of the monitors in a multi-monitor setup can cause xscreensaver to crash. Someone with physical access to a machine could use this problem to bypass a locked session. For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 5.15-3+deb7u1. For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 5.30-1+deb8u1. For the testing (stretch) and unstable (sid) distributions, this problem has been fixed in version 5.34-1. We recommend that you upgrade your xscreensaver packages. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3438 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-264 | Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 | |
| Os | 1 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2016-01-12 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-3438.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-01-04 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2015-2053-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-11-23 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2015-2053-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-11-23 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2015-2054-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-11-20 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2015-783.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-11-04 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-2789-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-11-02 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-338.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-10-28 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_4b9393b87c0c11e5a010080027ddead3.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2016-01-13 13:25:11 |
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| 2016-01-10 21:20:07 |
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