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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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2007-05-02T20:00:00
Updated: 2017-10-10T00:57:01
Reserved: 2007-04-04T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2007-1859
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2007-05-02T20:19:00.000
Modified: 2017-10-11T01:32:01.097
Link: CVE-2007-1859
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