[v2.6] Vulnerability in xorg-server allows local information disclosure
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1940
David Airlie and Peter Hutterer of Red Hat discovered that
xorg-server,
the Xorg X server was vulnerable to an information disclosure flaw
related to input handling and devices hotplug.
When an X server is running but not on front (for example because of a
VT
switch), a newly plugged input device would still be recognized and
handled by the X server, which would actually transmit input events to
its clients on the background.
This could allow an attacker to recover some input events not intended
for the X clients, including sensitive information.
Patch: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/patch/?id=6ca03b9161d33b1d2b55a3a1a913cf88deb2343f
(from redmine: issue id 1793, created on 2013-04-19, closed on 2013-04-24)
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- child #1794 (closed)
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