debian · CVE-2007-1859

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Priority: low Published: Updated: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:58:56 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2007-1859 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (xscreensaver), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

XScreenSaver 4.10, when using a remote directory service for credentials, does not properly handle the results from the getpwuid function in drivers/lock.c when there is no network connectivity, which causes XScreenSaver to crash and unlock the screen and allows local users to bypass authentication.

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