| Name | CVE-2011-2187 |
| Description | xscreensaver before 5.14 crashes during activation and leaves the screen unlocked when in Blank Only Mode and when DPMS is disabled, which allows local attackers to access resources without authentication. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 627382 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| xscreensaver (PTS) | 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.
Notes
[squeeze] - xscreensaver <not-affected> (introduced in 5.13)