high7.8
CVE-2018-20781
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.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Gnome | Gnome Keyring | before 3.27.2 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 14.04, 16.04 |
| Oracle | Zfs Storage Appliance Kit | Version 8.8 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/+bug/1772919
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781486
- https://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguin
- https://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguin/tree/d95f1e08ce79783794f38433bbf7de5abd9792da
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-keyring/issues/3
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-keyring/tags/3.27.2
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3894-1/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/+bug/1772919
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781486
- https://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguin
- https://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguin/tree/d95f1e08ce79783794f38433bbf7de5abd9792da
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-keyring/issues/3
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-keyring/tags/3.27.2
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3894-1/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html