oss-security - CVE Request -- xscreensaver -- exits when activated

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Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:27:04 +0200
From: Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov@...hat.com>
To: "Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org>
CC: oss-security <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: CVE Request -- xscreensaver -- exits when activated

Hello, Josh, Steve, vendors,

   it was found that xscreensaver terminated, when it was activated upon 
launch. A local proximate attacker could use this deficiency to access
resources, which should be otherwise protected by authentication.

References:
[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=627382
[2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=703483

Could you allocate a CVE id for this?

Thank you & Regards, Jan.
--
Jan iankko Lieskovsky / Red Hat Security Response Team

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