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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2013-11-23T19:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T16:45:14.836Z
Reserved: 2013-06-12T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2013-4509
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2013-11-23T19:55:03.613
Modified: 2023-02-13T04:47:03.750
Link: CVE-2013-4509
Redhat