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Unscored USN-4134-3 1 CVE

ibus vulnerability

Published Mar 24, 2020 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

USN-4134-1 fixed a vulnerability in IBus. The update caused a regression in
some Qt applications and the fix was subsequently reverted in
USN-4134-2. The regression has since been resolved and so this update fixes
the original vulnerability.

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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.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS ibus 1.5.11-1ubuntu2.4
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS ibus 1.5.17-3ubuntu5.3

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —

    A flaw was discovered in ibus in versions before 1.5.22 that allows any unprivileged user to monitor and send method ca…

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14822