Re: CVE Request -- xscreensaver -- exits when activated

[Josh Bressers <bressers () redhat com>]

----- Original Message -----
> Hello, Josh, Steve, vendors,
>
> it was found that xscreensaver terminated, when it was activated upon
> launch. A local proximate attacker could use this deficiency to access
> resources, which should be otherwise protected by authentication.
>
> References:
> [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=627382
> [2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=703483

Please use CVE-2011-2187.

This deserves an ID as the error probably won't happen until a few minutes
afer a user leaves the keyboard.

Thanks.

-- 
    JB