Vulnerability Details CVE-2004-2655
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.014
EPSS Ranking 79.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 5.4
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.asc
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20226
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20456
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20782
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22080
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016150
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016151
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-107.htm
- http://www.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.os.linux.security/2004-08/0018.html
- http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/changelog.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:071
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_23_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0498.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17471
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188149
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10096
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/269-1/
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.asc
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20226
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20456
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20782
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22080
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016150
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016151
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-107.htm
- http://www.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.os.linux.security/2004-08/0018.html
- http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/changelog.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:071
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_23_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0498.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17471
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188149
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10096
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/269-1/
Products affected by CVE-2004-2655
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cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.14
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cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.16
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cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.17