CVE-2003-0885 Affecting xscreensaver package, versions <4.15


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-XSCREENSAVER-530102
  • published31 Dec 2003
  • disclosed31 Dec 2003

Introduced: 31 Dec 2003

CVE-2003-0885  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 xscreensaver to version 4.15 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 4.14 contains certain debugging code that should have been omitted, which causes Xscreensaver to create temporary files insecurely in the (1) apple2, (2) xanalogtv, and (3) pong screensavers, and allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

CVSS Scores

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