openSUSE 10 Security Update : xscreensaver (xscreensaver-3240)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27500

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

xscreensaver could crash under certain circumstances and so cause unlocking the screen. That could happen for example when LDAP is used for authentication and the network connection gets interrupted for a long time (CVE-2007-1859).

Solution

Update the affected xscreensaver package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27500

File Name: suse_xscreensaver-3240.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xscreensaver, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 4/27/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1859

CWE: 287

Detections

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