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CVE-2013-1940 (GCVE-0-2013-1940)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-05-13 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:20
VLAI
Summary
X.Org X server before 1.13.4 and 1.4.x before 1.14.1 does not properly restrict access to input events when adding a new hot-plug device, which might allow physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information, as demonstrated by reading passwords from a tty.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63353 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1803-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-0… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2661 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/18/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Date Public
2013-04-17 00:00
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