CVE-2013-4509 (GCVE-0-2013-4509)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2013-11-23 19:00
Modified
2024-08-06 16:45
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The default configuration of IBUS 1.5.4, and possibly 1.5.2 and earlier, when IBus.InputPurpose.PASSWORD is not set and used with GNOME 3, does not obscure the entered password characters, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain a user password by reading the lockscreen.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00036.html
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00024.html
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00045.html
secalert@redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1027028
secalert@redhat.com https://code.google.com/p/mozc/issues/attachmentText?id=199&aid=1990002000&name=ibus-mozc_support_ibus-1.5.4_rev2.diff&token=P62umpXGXx68XJT6zyvBA727wqE%3A1383693105690 Patch
secalert@redhat.com https://github.com/ibus/ibus-anthy/commit/6aae0a9f145f536515e268dd6b25aa740a5edfe7 Patch
secalert@redhat.com https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ibus-user/mvCHDO1BJUw
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00036.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00024.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00045.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1027028
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://code.google.com/p/mozc/issues/attachmentText?id=199&aid=1990002000&name=ibus-mozc_support_ibus-1.5.4_rev2.diff&token=P62umpXGXx68XJT6zyvBA727wqE%3A1383693105690 Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/ibus/ibus-anthy/commit/6aae0a9f145f536515e268dd6b25aa740a5edfe7 Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ibus-user/mvCHDO1BJUw
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