SB2012102305 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in gnome-keyring
Published: October 23, 2012 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012102305
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3466)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
GNOME gnome-keyring 3.4.0 through 3.4.1, when gpg-cache-method is set to "idle" or "timeout," does not properly limit the amount of time a passphrase is cached, which allows attackers to have an unspecified impact via unknown attack vectors.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683655
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-keyring/commit/?id=51606f299e5ee9d48096db0a5957efe26cbf7cc3
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-keyring/commit/?id=5dff623470b859e332dbe12afb0dc57b292832d2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00037.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:084
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/09/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/09/2
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=681081
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=845426