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CVE-2014-5195

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 phys…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
Ayatana ProjectUnity
through 7.2.2
Versions 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.3.0

Weakness classification

CWE-362

References