There are patches available in the Debian bug tracker (5.15 is a bit different than the newer versions). I believe the issue is still present in Trusty, Vivid and Wily, although it has been fixed in Precise.
** Changed in: xscreensaver (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => Confirmed ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #802914 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=802914 ** Also affects: xscreensaver (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=802914 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1512931 Title: Additional Distro Versions Vuln to usn-2789-1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xscreensaver/+bug/1512931/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs