Missing Authorization Affecting ibus-gtk package, versions <1.5.19-8.3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-IBUSGTK-2733082
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed20 Sept 2019

Introduced: 20 Sep 2019

CVE-2019-14822  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 ibus-gtk to version 1.5.19-8.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ibus-gtk package and not the ibus-gtk package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was discovered in ibus in versions before 1.5.22 that allows any unprivileged user to monitor and send method calls to the ibus bus of another user due to a misconfiguration in the DBus server setup. A local attacker may use this flaw to intercept all keystrokes of a victim user who is using the graphical interface, change the input method engine, or modify other input related configurations of the victim user.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1