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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200409-10 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: multi-gnome-terminal: Information leak |
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Date: September 06, 2004 |
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Bugs: #62322 |
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ID: 200409-10 |
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Synopsis |
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Active keystroke logging in multi-gnome-terminal has been discovered in |
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potentially world-readable files. This could allow any authorized user |
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on the system to read sensitive data, including passwords. |
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Background |
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multi-gnome-terminal is an enhanced terminal emulator that is derived |
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from gnome-terminal. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 x11-terms/multi-gnome-terminal < 1.6.2-r1 >= 1.6.2-r1 |
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Description |
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multi-gnome-terminal contains debugging code that has been known to |
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output active keystrokes to a potentially unsafe location. Output has |
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been seen to show up in the '.xsession-errors' file in the users home |
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directory. Since this file is world-readable on many machines, this bug |
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has the potential to leak sensitive information to anyone using the |
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system. |
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Impact |
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Any authorized user on the local machine has the ability to read any |
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critical data that has been entered into the terminal, including |
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passwords. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All multi-gnome-terminal users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge sync |
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# emerge -pv ">=x11-terms/multi-gnome-terminal-1.6.2-r1" |
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# emerge ">=x11-terms/multi-gnome-terminal-1.6.2-r1" |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-10.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0 |
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