USN-4134-2: ibus Ubuntu

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 23-09-2019Last modified 22-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

USN-4134-2 is a vulnerability in ibus Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
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010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
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KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 1
CVE-2019-14822

Timeline

  1. 23-09-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

ibus regression USN-4134-1 fixed a vulnerability in IBus. The security fix introduced a regression when being used with Qt applications. This update reverts the security fix pending further investigation. Original advisory details: Simon McVittie discovered that IBus did not enforce appropriate access controls on its private D-Bus socket. A local unprivileged user who discovers the IBus socket address of another user could exploit this to capture the key strokes of the other user.

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Public exploits

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Weaknesses

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Affected systems

Ubuntu1 product
  • ibus< 1.5.11-1ubuntu2.3 | < 1.5.17-3ubuntu5.2

1 vendor · 1 product

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