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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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2013-11-23T19:00:00

Updated: 2014-01-16T18:57:00

Reserved: 2013-06-12T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2013-4509

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-11-23T19:55:03.613

Modified: 2023-02-13T04:47:03.750


Link: CVE-2013-4509

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cve-icon Redhat Information

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CWE