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From: glsamaker@g.o
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202208-11 ] Yubico pam-u2f: Local PIN Bypass vulnerability
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 04:43:19
Message-Id: 166010448416.7.7505748745924175519@fa4d926cc35c
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202208-11
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7 Severity: Low
8 Title: Yubico pam-u2f: Local PIN Bypass vulnerability
9 Date: August 10, 2022
10 Bugs: #792270
11 ID: 202208-11
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15 Synopsis
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18 A vulnerability has been discovered in pam-u2f which could allow a local
19 attacker to bypass PIN entry.
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21 Background
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24 Yubico pam-u2f is a PAM module for FIDO2 and U2F keys.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 sys-auth/pam_u2f < 1.1.1 >= 1.1.1
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34 Description
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37 A logic issue in Yubico pam-u2f could result in the bypass of a PIN
38 entry requirement when authenticating with FIDO2.
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40 Impact
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43 An attacker with local access to certain applications using pam-u2f for authentication could incorrectly successfully authenticate without entering the authentication PIN.
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45 Workaround
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48 There is no known workaround at this time.
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50 Resolution
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53 All Yubico pam-u2f users should upgrade to the latest version:
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55 # emerge --sync
56 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-auth/pam_u2f-1.1.1"
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58 References
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61 [ 1 ] CVE-2021-31924
62 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-31924
63 [ 2 ] YSA-2021-03
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65 Availability
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68 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
69 the Gentoo Security Website:
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71 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-11
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73 Concerns?
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76 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
77 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
78 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
79 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
80 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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82 License
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85 Copyright 2022 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
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88 The contents of this document are licensed under the
89 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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91 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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