GNOME Shell Resume Function XIQueryDevice access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GNOME. It has been classified as critical. Impacted is the function XIQueryDevice of the component Shell Resume Function. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2013-2190. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in GNOME (unknown version). This issue affects the function XIQueryDevice of the component Shell Resume Function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The translate_hierarchy_event function in x11/clutter-device-manager-xi2.c in Clutter, when resuming the system, does not properly handle XIQueryDevice errors when a device has "disappeared," which causes the gnome-shell to crash and allows physically proximate attackers to access the previous gnome-shell session via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was published 04/20/2013 by Matthias Clasen as Bug 701974 as not defined bug report (Website). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.gnome.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-2190 since 02/19/2013. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 75163 (openSUSE Security Update : clutter (openSUSE-SU-2013:1540-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 166281 (OpenSuSE Security Update for Clutter (openSUSE-SU-2013:1540-1)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at bug701974.bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (75163), SecurityFocus (BID 60593†), OSVDB (94424†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-41403†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 75163
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : clutter (openSUSE-SU-2013:1540-1)
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Patch: bug701974.bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 701974
Researcher: Matthias Clasen
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-2190 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-2190
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-9245
SecurityFocus: 60593 - gnome-shell '_gdk_x11_display_error_event()' Function Local Security Bypass Vulnerability
OSVDB: 94424
Vulnerability Center: 41403 - Clutter before 1.14.4-4.fc19 Local DoS in Gnome-Shell and GDM via Screen Magnifier or _gdk_x11_display_error_event, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 06/25/2013 11:47
Updated: 12/27/2024 05:52
Changes: 06/25/2013 11:47 (66), 05/10/2017 17:45 (3), 05/17/2021 10:25 (3), 12/27/2024 05:52 (18)
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