Executive Summary

Summary
Title New xtrlock packages fix authentication bypass
Informations
Name DSA-649 First vendor Publication 2005-01-20
Vendor Debian Last vendor Modification 2005-01-20
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
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.6 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A buffer overflow has been discovered in xtrlock, a minimal X display lock program which can be exploited by a malicious local attacker to crash the lock program and take over the desktop session.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0-6woody2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0-9.

We recommend that you upgrade your xtrlock package.

Original Source

Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-649

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: xtrlock
File : nvt/freebsd_xtrlock.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 649-1 (xtrlock)
File : nvt/deb_649_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
13098 xtrlock Crash Screen Lock Bypass

A local overflow exists in the xtrlock program. The xtrlock screen-lock program fails to buffer a long string of characters resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted request, an attacker can cause the program to crash resulting in access to the system and a loss of integrity.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2005-07-13 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_f7e8d2ca410e40b287483abd021e44a9.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-01-25 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-649.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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