Security Advisory

CVE-2013-1940

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2013-05-13 23:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-06 15:20:37
Assigner redhat
State PUBLISHED

Description

X.Org X server before 1.13.4 and 1.4.x before 1.14.1 does not properly restrict access to input events when adding a new hot-plug device, which might allow physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information, as demonstrated by reading passwords from a tty.