CVE-2004-2655
First published: Fri Dec 31 2004(Updated: )
rdesktop 1.3.1 with xscreensaver 4.14, and possibly other versions, when running on Fedora and possibly other platforms, does not release the keyboard focus when xscreensaver starts, which causes the password to be entered into the active window when the user unlocks the screen.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Xscreensaver Xscreensaver | =4.16 | |
| Xscreensaver Xscreensaver | =4.14 | |
| Xscreensaver Xscreensaver | =4.17 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.os.linux.security/2004-08/0018.html
- http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/changelog.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188149
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17471
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0498.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016150
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016151
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20226
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-107.htm
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20456
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20782
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_23_sr.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22080
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:071
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10096
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/269-1/
- collector/nvd-historical
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/weakness
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/references
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/description
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/remedy
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/xscreensaver
- canonical/xscreensaver xscreensaver
- version/xscreensaver xscreensaver/4.16
- version/xscreensaver xscreensaver/4.14
- version/xscreensaver xscreensaver/4.17