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CVE-2011-2187

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 attacke…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
Xscreensaver ProjectXscreensaver
before 5.14
DebianDebian Linux
Versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0

Weakness classification

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