Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title Ked Password Manager: Information leak
Informations
Name GLSA-201708-04 First vendor Publication 2017-08-21
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2017-08-21
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

An insecure file usage has been reported in Ked Password Manager possibly allowing confidential information to be disclosed.

Background

Helps to manage large numbers of passwords and related information and simplifies the tasks of searching and entering password data.

Description

A history file in ~/.kedpm/history is written in clear text. All of the commands performed in the password manager are written there. This can lead to the disclosure of the master password if the "password" command is used with an argument. The names of the password entries created and consulted are also accessible in clear text.

Impact

An attacker could obtain confidential information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

Gentoo Security recommends that users unmerge Ked Password Manager:
# emerge --unmerge "app-admin/kedpm"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-8296 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8296

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-04

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201708-04.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-08-21 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201708-04.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-01 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-925.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2017-08-22 13:24:46
  • Multiple Updates
2017-08-21 05:21:05
  • First insertion