DSA-3438-1 xscreensaver -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-3438-1 xscreensaver -- security update

Date Reported:

09 Jan 2016

Affected Packages:

xscreensaver

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 802914.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2015-8025.

More information:

It was discovered that unplugging one of the monitors in a multi-monitor setup can cause xscreensaver to crash. Someone with physical access to a machine could use this problem to bypass a locked session.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 5.15-3+deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 5.30-1+deb8u1.

For the testing (stretch) and unstable (sid) distributions, this problem has been fixed in version 5.34-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your xscreensaver packages.