Vulnerability CVE-2015-8025
Published: 2015-11-10

Description:
driver/subprocs.c in XScreenSaver before 5.34 does not properly perform an internal consistency check, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by hot swapping monitors.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Xscreensaver project -> Xscreensaver 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00102.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3438
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/24/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/25/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/29/12
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034052
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2789-1
https://twitter.com/Thaolia/status/656823859304398848
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2015/10/xscreensaver-5-34/
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