CVE-2013-2190 Denial of service in n/a
A flaw in Clutter allows physically proximate attackers to crash gnome-shell and access the previous session upon system resume.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-2190?
CVE-2013-2190 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 17 Oct 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The translate_hierarchy_event function in x11/clutter-device-manager-xi2.c in Clutter, when resuming the system, does not properly handle XIQueryDevice errors when a device has "disappeared," which causes the gnome-shell to crash and allows physically proximate attackers to access the previous gnome-shell session via unspecified vectors.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2190?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Clutter Project Clutter, Opensuse Opensuse.
How do I fix CVE-2013-2190?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2013-2190 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2190 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Opensuse
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2190, GHSA-m6j8-h7w8-9hwm, MGASA-2013-0312.