CVE-2003-1295 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can crash the xscreensaver application via unspecified vectors during password verification, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2003-1295?
CVE-2003-1295 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 28 Feb 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in xscreensaver 4.12, and possibly other versions, allows attackers to cause xscreensaver to crash via unspecified vectors "while verifying the user-password."
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1295?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Redhat Enterprise Linux, Suse Suse Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2003-1295?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2003-1295 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-1295 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2003-1295, GHSA-mrjx-cpjh-p346.