USN-2303-1

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    USN-2303-1

    Published: 31 Jul 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: unity vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that in certain circumstances Unity failed to successfully grab the keyboard when switching to the lock screen. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to run commands, and unlock the current session.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2303-1, https://launchpad.net/bugs/1349128

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: unity

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.2.2+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1.1

    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

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High