CVE-2004-2655

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2004-05-12
Bugzilla:
1617427: CVE-2004-2655 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2004-2655 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (xscreensaver) RHSA-2006:0498 2006-05-23
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (xscreensaver) RHSA-2006:0498 2006-05-23

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