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CVE-2013-1940

Published: May 13, 2013

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63353

x_refsource_CONFIRM

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

FEDORA-2013-5883

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_FEDORA

openSUSE-SU-2013:0878

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_DEBIAN

[oss-security] 20130418 Xorg-x11-server: Information disclosure due enabling events from hot-plug devices despite input from the device being momentarily disabled

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

FEDORA-2013-5928

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_FEDORA

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