Vulnerabilities > CVE-2003-1294 - Multiple vulnerability in SuSE XScreenSaver Package
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
NONE Summary
Xscreensaver before 4.15 creates temporary files insecurely in (1) driver/passwd-kerberos.c, (2) driver/xscreensaver-getimage-video, (3) driver/xscreensaver.kss.in, and the (4) vidwhacker and (5) webcollage screensavers, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Vulnerable Configurations
Nessus
NASL family CentOS Local Security Checks NASL id CENTOS_RHSA-2006-0498.NASL description An updated xscreensaver package that fixes two security flaws is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and 3. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. XScreenSaver is a collection of screensavers. A keyboard focus flaw was found in the way XScreenSaver prompts the user to enter their password to unlock the screen. XScreenSaver did not properly ensure it had proper keyboard focus, which could leak a users password to the program with keyboard focus. This behavior is not common, as only certain applications exhibit this focus error. (CVE-2004-2655) Several flaws were found in the way various XScreenSaver screensavers create temporary files. It may be possible for a local attacker to create a temporary file in way that could overwrite a different file to which the user running XScreenSaver has write permissions. (CVE-2003-1294) Users of XScreenSaver should upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 21902 published 2006-07-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/21902 title CentOS 3 : xscreensaver (CESA-2006:0498) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2006:0498 and # CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2006:0498 respectively. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(21902); script_version("1.18"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:03"); script_cve_id("CVE-2003-1294", "CVE-2004-2655"); script_bugtraq_id(9125); script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2006:0498"); script_name(english:"CentOS 3 : xscreensaver (CESA-2006:0498)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote CentOS host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "An updated xscreensaver package that fixes two security flaws is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and 3. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. XScreenSaver is a collection of screensavers. A keyboard focus flaw was found in the way XScreenSaver prompts the user to enter their password to unlock the screen. XScreenSaver did not properly ensure it had proper keyboard focus, which could leak a users password to the program with keyboard focus. This behavior is not common, as only certain applications exhibit this focus error. (CVE-2004-2655) Several flaws were found in the way various XScreenSaver screensavers create temporary files. It may be possible for a local attacker to create a temporary file in way that could overwrite a different file to which the user running XScreenSaver has write permissions. (CVE-2003-1294) Users of XScreenSaver should upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues." ); # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2006-May/012908.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?1d9d0667" ); # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2006-May/012909.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?d912e09c" ); # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2006-May/012912.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?c729cfdb" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected xscreensaver package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xscreensaver"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2003/12/31"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/05/23"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/07/03"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"CentOS Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/CentOS/release", "Host/CentOS/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/release"); if (isnull(release) || "CentOS" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "CentOS(?: Linux)? release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "CentOS"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^3([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS 3.x", "CentOS " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && "ia64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "CentOS", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-3", reference:"xscreensaver-4.10-20")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_WARNING, extra : rpm_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "xscreensaver"); }
NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2006-0498.NASL description An updated xscreensaver package that fixes two security flaws is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and 3. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. XScreenSaver is a collection of screensavers. A keyboard focus flaw was found in the way XScreenSaver prompts the user to enter their password to unlock the screen. XScreenSaver did not properly ensure it had proper keyboard focus, which could leak a users password to the program with keyboard focus. This behavior is not common, as only certain applications exhibit this focus error. (CVE-2004-2655) Several flaws were found in the way various XScreenSaver screensavers create temporary files. It may be possible for a local attacker to create a temporary file in way that could overwrite a different file to which the user running XScreenSaver has write permissions. (CVE-2003-1294) Users of XScreenSaver should upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 21593 published 2006-05-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/21593 title RHEL 2.1 / 3 : xscreensaver (RHSA-2006:0498)
Oval
accepted | 2013-04-29T04:09:19.498-04:00 | ||||||||
class | vulnerability | ||||||||
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description | Xscreensaver before 4.15 creates temporary files insecurely in (1) driver/passwd-kerberos.c, (2) driver/xscreensaver-getimage-video, (3) driver/xscreensaver.kss.in, and the (4) vidwhacker and (5) webcollage screensavers, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack. | ||||||||
family | unix | ||||||||
id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10848 | ||||||||
status | accepted | ||||||||
submitted | 2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00 | ||||||||
title | Xscreensaver before 4.15 creates temporary files insecurely in (1) driver/passwd-kerberos.c, (2) driver/xscreensaver-getimage-video, (3) driver/xscreensaver.kss.in, and the (4) vidwhacker and (5) webcollage screensavers, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack. | ||||||||
version | 25 |
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References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.asc
- http://jwz.livejournal.com/310943.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20224
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20226
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20456
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20782
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-107.htm
- http://www.novell.com/linux/download/updates/90_i386.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0498.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9125
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1948
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=124968
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182286
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10848