FKIE_CVE-2018-20839

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-05-17 04:29 - Updated: 2025-05-05 14:14
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108389Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1803993Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/9725f1a10f80f5e0ae7d9b60547458622aeb322fPatch
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/12378Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3EMailing List
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190530-0002/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108389Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1803993Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/9725f1a10f80f5e0ae7d9b60547458622aeb322fPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/12378Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3EMailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190530-0002/Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
systemd_project systemd 242
netapp cn1610_firmware -
netapp cn1610 -
netapp snapprotect -
netapp solidfire_\&_hci_management_node -
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