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xscreensaver — security advisory
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.
- Products
- xscreensaver
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.18-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2004-2655
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:23 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2655
xscreensaver
Fixed versions: 4.18-1
xscreensaver
Fixed versions: 4.18-1
xscreensaver
Fixed versions: 4.18-1
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2655",
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"modified": "2026-10-21T15:47:26.298620027Z",
"provider": "osv",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 393872,
"published_at": "2004-12-31T05:00:00+00:00"
}