CVE-2014-5195
Description
Unity before 7.2.3 and 7.3.x before 7.3.1, as used in Ubuntu, does not properly take focus of the keyboard when switching to the lock screen, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by (1) leveraging a machine that had text selected when locking or (2) resuming from a suspension.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | 14.04 | not-affected | |
References
- http://www.osvdb.org/109788
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68987
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2303-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/7.2/+bug/1349128
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95199
- http://www.osvdb.org/109788
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68987
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2303-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/7.2/+bug/1349128
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95199
CWEs
CWE-362
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.