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title: "CVE-2014-3202\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-3202

Publication date 6 May 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**High**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Unity before 7.2.1 does not properly handle entry activation, which allows
physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by holding the
ENTER key, which triggers the process to crash.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3202?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| unity | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 7.2.0+14.04.20140416-0ubuntu1 |
| 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

fixed prior to release

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3202)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3202)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-3202)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3202)

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/03/1>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/29/2>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/26/2>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/26/1>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3202>
