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CVE-2021-31523

Published: Apr 21, 2021

Modified: Aug 3, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The Debian xscreensaver 5.42+dfsg1-1 package for XScreenSaver has cap_net_raw 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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/17/1

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[oss-security] 20210421 Re: xscreensaver package caps gets raw socket

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