CVE-2011-2187 Information

Description

xscreensaver before 5.14 crashes during activation and leaves the screen unlocked when in Blank Only Mode and when DPMS is disabled which allows local attackers to access resources without authentication.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2187 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=627382 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2187 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2187 https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/changelog.html https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/17

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8