CVE-2003-1294 Affecting xscreensaver package, versions <4.15-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-XSCREENSAVER-522471
  • published31 Dec 2003
  • disclosed31 Dec 2003

Introduced: 31 Dec 2003

CVE-2003-1294  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 xscreensaver to version 4.15-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xscreensaver package and not the xscreensaver package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

Xscreensaver before 4.15 creates temporary files insecurely in (1) driver/passwd-kerberos.c, (2) driver/xscreensaver-getimage-video, (3) driver/xscreensaver.kss.in, and the (4) vidwhacker and (5) webcollage screensavers, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

CVSS Scores

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