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Unscored CVE-2016-10894 EUVD-2016-1888GHSA-6r6w-5rm5-f9qm

xtrlock through 2.10 does not block multitouch events. Consequently, an attacker at a locked screen can send input to (and thus control) va…

Published Aug 16, 2019 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

xtrlock through 2.10 does not block multitouch events. Consequently, an attacker at a locked screen can send input to (and thus control) various programs such as Chromium via events such as pan scrolling, "pinch and zoom" gestures, or even regular mouse clicks (by depressing the touchpad once and then clicking with a different finger).

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 xtrlock 2.12 —
Debian 13 xtrlock 2.12 —
Debian 12 xtrlock 2.12 —
Debian 8 xtrlock 2.6+deb8u1 DLA-1959-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS xtrlock No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS xtrlock No fix yet —

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