CVE-2021-31523 log

Source
Severity Medium
Remote No
Type Privilege escalation
Description
The Debian xscreensaver 5.42+dfsg1-1 package for XScreenSaver has cap_net_raw enabled for the /usr/libexec/xscreensaver/sonar file, which allows local users to gain privileges because this is arguably incompatible with the design of the Mesa 3D Graphics library dependency.
Group Package Affected Fixed Severity Status Ticket
AVG-1857 xscreensaver 5.44-3 Medium Not affected FS#70531
References
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/17/1
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/21/3
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/17/1/1
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2174
https://twitter.com/jwz/status/1383503845217554444