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CVE-2013-1940

Published: May 13, 2013 | Modified: Jun 21, 2013
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
1.9 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1940
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
X.org-xserver X * 1.13.3 (including)
X.org-xserver X 1.4.0 (including) 1.4.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat xorg-x11-server-0:1.13.0-23.el6 *
Xorg-server Ubuntu devel *
Xorg-server Ubuntu hardy *
Xorg-server Ubuntu lucid *
Xorg-server Ubuntu oneiric *
Xorg-server Ubuntu precise *
Xorg-server Ubuntu quantal *
Xorg-server Ubuntu upstream *
Xorg-server-lts-quantal Ubuntu precise *

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