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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EUVD-2013-4370 | 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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T16:45:14.836Z
Reserved: 2013-06-12T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2013-4509

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2013-11-23T19:55:03.613
Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Link: CVE-2013-4509


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