CVE-2004-2655

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

rdesktop 1.3.1 with xscreensaver 4.14, and possibly other versions, when running on Fedora and possibly other platforms, does not release the keyboard focus when xscreensaver starts, which causes the password to be entered into the active window when the user unlocks the screen.

Affected products

xscreensaver: 4.14, 4.16, 4.17

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/20226
http://secunia.com/advisories/20456
http://secunia.com/advisories/20782
http://secunia.com/advisories/22080
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016150
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016151
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-107.htm
http://www.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.os.linux.security/2004-08/0018.html
http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/changelog.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:071
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_23_sr.html

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