Executive Summary

Summary
Title XScreenSaver vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-2789-1 First vendor Publication 2015-11-03
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2015-11-03
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

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
 
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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

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

The system could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description: - xscreensaver: Automatic screensaver for X

Details:

It was discovered that XScreenSaver incorrectly handled unplugging an external monitor. An attacker with physical access could use this flaw to gain access to a locked session.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
xscreensaver 5.15-2ubuntu1.1

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2789-1
CVE-2015-8025

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xscreensaver/5.15-2ubuntu1.1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2789-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
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

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Date Informations
2015-11-13 00:27:36
  • Multiple Updates
2015-11-10 21:28:24
  • Multiple Updates
2015-11-05 13:23:55
  • Multiple Updates
2015-11-04 05:21:26
  • First insertion