CVE-2012-0064

Summary

CVECVE-2012-0064
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-02-10 23:55:00 UTC
Updated2014-02-11 19:56:00 UTC
Descriptionxkeyboard-config before 2.5 in X.Org before 7.6 enables certain XKB debugging functions by default, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass an X screen lock via keyboard combinations that break the input grab.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application X X.org X11 1.0 All All All
Application X X.org X11 3.0 All All All
Application X X.org X11 4.0 All All All
Application X X.org X11 5.0 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.0 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.1 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.3 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.4 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.5.1 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.6 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.7 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.8 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.8.1 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.8.2 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.9.0 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.0 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.1 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.2 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.3 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.4 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.5 All All All
Application X X.org X11 1.0 All All All
Application X X.org X11 3.0 All All All
Application X X.org X11 4.0 All All All
Application X X.org X11 5.0 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.0 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.1 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.3 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.4 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.5.1 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.6 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.7 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.8 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.8.1 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.8.2 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.9.0 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.0 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.1 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.2 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.3 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.4 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.5 All All All
Application X X.org X11 All rc1 All All
Application Xkeyboard Config Project Xkeyboard-config 2.0 All All All
Application Xkeyboard Config Project Xkeyboard-config 2.1 All All All
Application Xkeyboard Config Project Xkeyboard-config 2.2 All All All
Application Xkeyboard Config Project Xkeyboard-config 2.3 All All All
Application Xkeyboard Config Project Xkeyboard-config 2.0 All All All
Application Xkeyboard Config Project Xkeyboard-config 2.1 All All All
Application Xkeyboard Config Project Xkeyboard-config 2.2 All All All
Application Xkeyboard Config Project Xkeyboard-config 2.3 All All All
Application Xkeyboard Config Project Xkeyboard-config All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Who-T: XKB breaking grabs - CVE-2012-0064 MISC who-t.blogspot.com
78445 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
[PATCH SECURITY] XKB: Workaround for CVE-2012-0064: Stop calling UngrabAllDevices(). MLIST lists.x.org
Gu1's Website - Bypass screensaver/locker program on xorg 1.11 and up MISC gu1.aeroxteam.fr
xkeyboard-config 2.5 MLIST lists.x.org
Bug 783039 – CVE-2012-0064 xkeyboard-config: screen-saver unlock via xkb debug key actions CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: Screen locking programs on Xorg 1.11 MLIST www.openwall.com
X Debugging Feature Lets Physically Local Users Bypass Screen Locking Applications - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com
X.Org Wiki - Development/Security CONFIRM www.x.org Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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