CVE-2021-31523

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Source

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-31523

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-31523.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-31523

Related

UBUNTU-CVE-2021-31523

Published

2021-04-21T19:15:35Z

Modified

2024-11-21T06:05:51Z

Severity

7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

The Debian xscreensaver 5.42+dfsg1-1 package for XScreenSaver has capnetraw enabled for the /usr/libexec/xscreensaver/sonar file, which allows local users to gain privileges because this is arguably incompatible with the design of the Mesa 3D Graphics library dependency.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / xscreensaver

Package

Name: xscreensaver
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/xscreensaver?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

5.45+dfsg1-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / xscreensaver

Package

Name: xscreensaver
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/xscreensaver?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

5.45+dfsg1-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / xscreensaver

Package

Name: xscreensaver
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/xscreensaver?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

5.45+dfsg1-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}