{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2021-34557", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "XScreenSaver 5.45 can be bypassed if the machine has more than ten disconnectable video outputs. A buffer overflow in update_screen_layout() allows an attacker to bypass the standard screen lock authentication mechanism by crashing XScreenSaver. The attacker must physically disconnect many video outputs." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "url": "https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/6595", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/6595" }, { "url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/05/1", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/05/1" }, { "url": "https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-secpack/blob/master/QSBs/qsb-068-2021.txt", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-secpack/blob/master/QSBs/qsb-068-2021.txt" }, { "url": "https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-xscreensaver/blob/master/0001-Fix-updating-outputs-info.patch", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-xscreensaver/blob/master/0001-Fix-updating-outputs-info.patch" }, { "refsource": "MLIST", "name": "[oss-security] 20210611 Re: XScreenSaver 5.45: Disconnecting a video output can cause XScreenSaver to crash and unlock", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/11/1" }, { "refsource": "MLIST", "name": "[oss-security] 20210706 xscreensaver 5.45 crash", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/06/2" }, { "refsource": "FEDORA", "name": "FEDORA-2021-5af4452ffd", "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TC4QB7TRS4GS7LDXQQ4PC6J3LVFJYISV/" } ] } }