CVE-2021-31523

Impact

The Debian xscreensaver 5.42+dfsg1-1 package for XScreenSaver has cap_net_raw enabled for the /usr/libexec/xscreensaver/sonar file, which allows local users to gain privileges because this is arguably incompatible with the design of the Mesa 3D Graphics library dependency.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/21/3
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/17/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/21/3
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/17/1