usn-4134-3
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2020-03-24 10:38
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
ibus vulnerability
Details
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.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
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.
References
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
{
"affected": [
{
"database_specific": {
"cves_map": {
"cves": [
{
"id": "CVE-2019-14822",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
}
],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "gir1.2-ibus-1.0",
"binary_version": "1.5.11-1ubuntu2.4"
},
{
"binary_name": "ibus",
"binary_version": "1.5.11-1ubuntu2.4"
},
{
"binary_name": "ibus-gtk",
"binary_version": "1.5.11-1ubuntu2.4"
},
{
"binary_name": "ibus-gtk3",
"binary_version": "1.5.11-1ubuntu2.4"
},
{
"binary_name": "ibus-wayland",
"binary_version": "1.5.11-1ubuntu2.4"
},
{
"binary_name": "libibus-1.0-5",
"binary_version": "1.5.11-1ubuntu2.4"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
"name": "ibus",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ibus@1.5.11-1ubuntu2.4?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.5.11-1ubuntu2.4"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"1.5.10-1ubuntu1",
"1.5.11-1ubuntu1",
"1.5.11-1ubuntu2",
"1.5.11-1ubuntu2.1",
"1.5.11-1ubuntu2.2",
"1.5.11-1ubuntu2.3"
]
},
{
"database_specific": {
"cves_map": {
"cves": [
{
"id": "CVE-2019-14822",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
}
],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"
}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "gir1.2-ibus-1.0",
"binary_version": "1.5.17-3ubuntu5.3"
},
{
"binary_name": "ibus",
"binary_version": "1.5.17-3ubuntu5.3"
},
{
"binary_name": "ibus-gtk",
"binary_version": "1.5.17-3ubuntu5.3"
},
{
"binary_name": "ibus-gtk3",
"binary_version": "1.5.17-3ubuntu5.3"
},
{
"binary_name": "ibus-wayland",
"binary_version": "1.5.17-3ubuntu5.3"
},
{
"binary_name": "libibus-1.0-5",
"binary_version": "1.5.17-3ubuntu5.3"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
"name": "ibus",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ibus@1.5.17-3ubuntu5.3?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.5.17-3ubuntu5.3"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"1.5.14-2ubuntu1",
"1.5.14-3ubuntu1",
"1.5.17-1ubuntu1",
"1.5.17-3ubuntu1",
"1.5.17-3ubuntu3",
"1.5.17-3ubuntu4",
"1.5.17-3ubuntu5",
"1.5.17-3ubuntu5.1",
"1.5.17-3ubuntu5.2"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "USN-4134-1 fixed a vulnerability in IBus. The update caused a regression in\nsome Qt applications and the fix was subsequently reverted in\nUSN-4134-2. The regression has since been resolved and so this update fixes\nthe original vulnerability.\n\nWe apologize for the inconvenience.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n Simon McVittie discovered that IBus did not enforce appropriate access\n controls on its private D-Bus socket. A local unprivileged user who\n discovers the IBus socket address of another user could exploit this to\n capture the key strokes of the other user.\n",
"id": "USN-4134-3",
"modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:37Z",
"published": "2020-03-24T10:38:46Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4134-3"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14822"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"summary": "ibus vulnerability",
"upstream": [
"UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14822"
]
}
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