Input Mechanism Vulnerability in Caribou Affecting System Locking Applications
CVE-2021-3567

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnome
Status
Caribou
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 March 2022

Summary

A security flaw in Caribou allows attackers to circumvent screen-locking applications that utilize this input method, leading to potential threats to system availability. This issue originated from a regression of a previous fix for a similar vulnerability, indicating a lapse in effective input mechanism security.

Affected Version(s)

caribou caribou 0.4.21

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1962836
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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