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From: "Alex Legler (a3li)" <a3li@g.o>
To: gentoo-commits@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa: glsa-201402-12.xml
Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2014 10:49:21
Message-Id: 20140209104919.080342004C@flycatcher.gentoo.org
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3 Added: glsa-201402-12.xml
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5 GLSA 201402-12
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8 1.1 xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201402-12.xml
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10 file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201402-12.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup
11 plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201402-12.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain
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15 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
16 <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
17 <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
18 <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
19 <glsa id="201402-12">
20 <title>PAM S/Key: Information disclosure</title>
21 <synopsis>PAM S/Key does not clear provided credentials from memory, allowing
22 local attackers to gain access to cleartext credentials.
23 </synopsis>
24 <product type="ebuild">pam_skey</product>
25 <announced>February 09, 2014</announced>
26 <revised>February 09, 2014: 1</revised>
27 <bug>482588</bug>
28 <access>local</access>
29 <affected>
30 <package name="sys-auth/pam_skey" auto="yes" arch="*">
31 <unaffected range="ge">1.1.5-r5</unaffected>
32 <vulnerable range="lt">1.1.5-r5</vulnerable>
33 </package>
34 </affected>
35 <background>
36 <p>PAM S/Key is a pluggable authentication module for the OpenBSD
37 Single-key Password system.
38 </p>
39 </background>
40 <description>
41 <p>Ulrich Müller reported that a Gentoo patch to PAM S/Key does not remove
42 credentials provided by the user from memory.
43 </p>
44 </description>
45 <impact type="normal">
46 <p>A local attacker with privileged access could inspect a memory dump to
47 gain access to cleartext credentials provided by users.
48 </p>
49 </impact>
50 <workaround>
51 <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
52 </workaround>
53 <resolution>
54 <p>All PAM S/Key users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
55
56 <code>
57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sys-auth/pam_skey-1.1.5-r5"
59 </code>
60
61 </resolution>
62 <references>
63 <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4285">CVE-2013-4285</uri>
64 </references>
65 <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 28 Aug 2013 10:10:48 +0000">a3li</metadata>
66 <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 09 Feb 2014 10:46:24 +0000">a3li</metadata>
67 </glsa>