USN-2184-1

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    USN-2184-1

    Published: 29 Apr 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: unity vulnerabilities

    Details: Frédéric Bardy discovered that Unity incorrectly filtered keyboard shortcuts when the screen was locked. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to run commands, and unlock the current session. Giovanni Mellini discovered that Unity could display the Dash in certain conditions when the screen was locked. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to run commands, and unlock the current session.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: unity

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+14.04.20140423-0ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.2.0+14.04.20140423-0ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    7.1.2+13.10.20131014.1-0ubuntu1
    7.1.2+14.04.20131106.1-0ubuntu1
    7.1.2+14.04.20131106.1-0ubuntu2
    7.1.2+14.04.20131106.1-0ubuntu4
    7.1.2+14.04.20131106.1-0ubuntu5
    7.1.2+14.04.20140214.1-0ubuntu1
    7.1.2+14.04.20140217-0ubuntu1
    7.1.2+14.04.20140218.1-0ubuntu1
    7.1.2+14.04.20140218.1-0ubuntu2
    7.1.2+14.04.20140220-0ubuntu1
    7.1.2+14.04.20140228-0ubuntu1
    7.1.2+14.04.20140303-0ubuntu1
    7.1.2+14.04.20140305-0ubuntu1
    7.1.2+14.04.20140311-0ubuntu1
    7.1.2+14.04.20140312-0ubuntu1
    7.1.2+14.04.20140313-0ubuntu1
    7.1.2+14.04.20140318-0ubuntu1
    7.1.2+14.04.20140320.1-0ubuntu1
    7.1.2+14.04.20140321-0ubuntu1
    7.1.2+14.04.20140328.1-0ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
    None
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    High