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title: "CVE-2015-1308\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-1308

Publication date 26 January 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

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

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## Description

kde-workspace 4.2.0 and plasma-workspace before 5.1.95 allows remote
attackers to obtain input events, and consequently obtain passwords, by
leveraging access to the X server when the screen is locked.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1308?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| kde-workspace | 17.04 zesty | Not in release |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1308?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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

under X, apps can pretty much sniff input events anyway

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### [tsimonq2](https://launchpad.net/~tsimonq2)

The only release that is affected by this is Trusty, and upstream
recommends against backporting a fix (it's low priority anyways)
Reference: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show\_bug.cgi?id=1183710#c5

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| kde-workspace | * Upstream:   [?id=0ac](https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=0ac34dca5d6a6ea8fc5c06e1dae96fb1ad4ce7c9) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1308)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1308)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-1308)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1308)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1308>