Thank you for your report, Ian.

> Package: libpam-rsa
> Version: 0.8-9-2.4
> Tags: security
> 
> * What led up to the situation?
> 1. I manually locked my screen using xscreensaver-command -lock.
> 2. I moved the pointer, causing the xscreensaver password screen to appear.
> 3. I moved the pointer some more and waited for the timeout to expire.
> 
> * What was the outcome of this action?
> xscreensaver crashed with a segfault, and the screen was unlocked,
> including a root shell window.
> 
> This is very repeatable.  It may be relevant that I use libpam-rsa
> instead of the normal pam-unix for login. 

Is it possible to reproduce that xscreensaver crash also without libpam-rsa
module being used? (when using pam-unix login alternative with the same 
scenario)

Thank you && Regards, Jan.
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Jan iankko Lieskovsky / Red Hat Security Response Team

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