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CVE-2015-8025

Published: 29 October 2015

driver/subprocs.c in XScreenSaver before 5.34 does not properly perform an internal consistency check, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by hot swapping monitors.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
xscreensaver
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise
Released (5.15-2ubuntu1.1)
trusty
Released (5.15-3+deb7u1ubuntu0.1)
upstream
Released (5.34-1)
vivid Ignored
(end of life)
wily Ignored
(end of life)
xenial Not vulnerable
(5.34-1ubuntu1)
Patches:
vendor: http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/xscreensaver.git/plain/xscreensaver-5.33-0002-Modify-sigchld_hander-in_signal_hander_p-mechanism.patch?id