PT-2003-2239 · Xscreensaver · Xscreensaver

Stan Bubrouski · Published 2003-12-31 · Updated 2017-10-11 · CVE-2003-1294

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Xscreensaver versions prior to 4.15

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack due to insecure creation of temporary files in several components, including driver/passwd-kerberos.c, driver/xscreensaver-getimage-video, driver/xscreensaver.kss.in, and the vidwhacker and webcollage screensavers.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.15, update to version 4.15 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the affected components, such as the vidwhacker and webcollage screensavers, until the update is applied.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-1294

RHSA-2006:0498

Affected Products

Xscreensaver

References · 18

• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.asc · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-1294 · Security Note
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0498.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-1294 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2003-1294 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-1294 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182286 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20456 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/9125 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20782 · Note
• http://novell.com/linux/download/updates/90_i386.html · Note
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-107.htm · Note
• http://jwz.livejournal.com/310943.html · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20224 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=124968 · Note