CVE-2018-20781
Published: 12 February 2019
In pam/gkr-pam-module.c in GNOME Keyring before 3.27.2, the user's password is kept in a session-child process spawned from the LightDM daemon. This can expose the credential in cleartext.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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gnome-keyring Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Not vulnerable
(3.28.0.2-1ubuntu1.18.04.1)
|
cosmic |
Not vulnerable
|
|
trusty |
Released
(3.10.1-1ubuntu4.4)
|
|
upstream |
Released
(3.28.0-1)
|
|
xenial |
Released
(3.18.3-0ubuntu2.1)
|
|
Patches: upstream: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-keyring/commit/9db67ef6e39ac51d426dee91da3b9305670241e6 |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 7.8 |
Attack vector | Local |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | Low |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |