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<glsa id="200705-14">
  <title>XScreenSaver: Privilege escalation</title>
  <synopsis>
    XScreenSaver allows local users to bypass authentication under certain
    configurations.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">xscreensaver</product>
  <announced>2007-05-13</announced>
  <revised count="01">2007-05-13</revised>
  <bug>176584</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="x11-misc/xscreensaver" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">5.02</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">5.02</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    XScreenSaver is a widely used screen saver collection shipped on
    systems running the X11 Window System.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    XScreenSaver incorrectly handles the results of the getpwuid() function
    in drivers/lock.c when using directory servers during a network outage.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A local user can crash XScreenSaver by preventing network connectivity
    if the system uses a remote directory service for credentials such as
    NIS or LDAP, which will unlock the screen.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All XScreenSaver users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=x11-misc/xscreensaver-5.02"</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1859">CVE-2007-1859</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-05-08T10:52:36Z">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-05-08T15:43:15Z">
    falco
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-05-13T21:32:41Z">
    falco
  </metadata>
</glsa>
