Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 : xscreensaver vulnerability (USN-269-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21216

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

In some cases, xscreensaver did not properly grab the keyboard when reading the password for unlocking the screen, so that the password was typed into the currently active application window.

The only known vulnerable case was when xscreensaver activated while an rdesktop session was currently active.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21216

File Name: ubuntu_USN-269-1.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 4/12/2006

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xscreensaver-nognome, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xscreensaver-gl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xscreensaver-gnome, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xscreensaver, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 4/11/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-2655

USN: 269-1

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