CVE-2018-20839
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 17, 2019
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- May 16, 2019
Description
systemd 242 changes the VT1 mode upon a logout, which allows attackers to read cleartext passwords in certain circumstances, such as watching a shutdown, or using Ctrl-Alt-F1 and Ctrl-Alt-F2. This occurs because the KDGKBMODE (aka current keyboard mode) check is mishandled.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1803993
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/9725f1a10f80f5e0ae7d9b60547458622aeb322f
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/12378
- 108389vdb-entry
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190530-0002/
- [mina-dev] 20210225 [jira] [Created] (FTPSERVER-500) Security vulnerability in common/lib/log4j-1.2.17.jarmailing-list
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