2.1
CWE
264
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2013-1940

First published: Mon May 13 2013(Updated: )

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.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
X X.org-xserver<=1.13.3
X X.org-xserver=1.4.0
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=11.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=11.10
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=12.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=12.10

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