# 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.

- **Severity:** Low 2.1 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 28 Feb 2006
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2003-1295, GHSA-mrjx-cpjh-p346

## 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: Redhat Enterprise Linux, Suse Suse Linux.

## How do I fix CVE-2003-1295?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## 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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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2003-1295 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-1295 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Redhat Enterprise Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1295/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1295/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-1295
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-1295
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2003-1295

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