Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-31523  

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.

Severity Medium

Remote No

Type Privilege escalation

Description

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.

AVG-1857 xscreensaver 5.44-3 Medium Not affected FS#70531

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/17/1
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/21/3
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/17/1/1
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2174
https://twitter.com/jwz/status/1383503845217554444