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 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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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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