CVE-2015-8025 Security feature bypass in n/a
Physically proximate attackers can bypass the XScreenSaver lock screen by hot swapping monitors due to a missing internal consistency check.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-8025?
CVE-2015-8025 is a low-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 10 Nov 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
driver/subprocs.c in XScreenSaver before 5.34 does not properly perform an internal consistency check, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by hot swapping monitors.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8025?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (14)
xscreensaver SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 | All versions | 5.07-6.36.1 |
xscreensaver SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 | All versions | 5.07-6.36.1 |
xscreensaver SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | All versions | 5.22-7.1 |
xscreensaver SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 | All versions | 5.22-7.1 |
xscreensaver SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | All versions | 5.07-6.36.1 |
xscreensaver SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA | All versions | 5.07-6.36.1 |
xscreensaver SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | All versions | 5.07-6.36.1 |
xscreensaver SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 | All versions | 5.22-7.1 |
xscreensaver SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 | All versions | 5.22-7.1 |
xscreensaver SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 | All versions | 5.07-6.36.1 |
xscreensaver SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 | All versions | 5.07-6.36.1 |
xscreensaver SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | All versions | 5.22-7.1 |
xscreensaver SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 | All versions | 5.22-7.1 |
xscreensaver openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 5.34-1.6 |
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Xscreensaver Project Xscreensaver.
How do I fix CVE-2015-8025?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2015-8025 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8025 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8025, DLA-338-1, DSA-3438-1, GHSA-gfx7-7vxh-f4g8, MGASA-2015-0431, SUSE-SU-2015:2053-1 and 4 more.