CVE-2013-4509
N/A
Published: November 23, 2013 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:57 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsopenSUSEIbus
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 1.5.21.5.4
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00036.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00024.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00045.html
- https://code.google.com/p/mozc/issues/attachmentText?id=199&aid=1990002000&name=ibus-mozc_support_ibus-1.5.4_rev2.diff&token=P62umpXGXx68XJT6zyvBA727wqE%3A1383693105690
- https://github.com/ibus/ibus-anthy/commit/6aae0a9f145f536515e268dd6b25aa740a5edfe7
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00036.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00024.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00045.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/ibus/ibus-anthy/commit/6aae0a9f145f536515e268dd6b25aa740a5edfe7x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ibus-user/mvCHDO1BJUwQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-255
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