| Name | CVE-2003-1294 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| xscreensaver (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 5.30-1+deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch | 5.36-1 | fixed | |
| buster | 5.42+dfsg1-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 5.45+dfsg1-2 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 6.06+dfsg1-3+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 6.08+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xscreensaver | source | (unstable) | 4.15-1 |