CVE-2016-2312

Publication date 23 December 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.8 · Medium

Score breakdown

Turning all screens off in Plasma-workspace and kscreenlocker while the lock screen is shown can result in the screen being unlocked when turning a screen on again.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
plasma-workspace 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily
Fixed 4:5.4.2-0ubuntu1.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Notes


seth-arnold

the xenial plasma-workspace package is very different; I suspect it's not-affected but I can't say that definitively nor state where the affected code might live in xenial.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.8 · Medium
Attack vector Physical
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H