gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-201708-04.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201708-04">
  <title>Ked Password Manager: Information leak</title>
  <synopsis>An insecure file usage has been reported in Ked Password Manager
    possibly allowing confidential information to be disclosed.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">kedpm</product>
  <announced>2017-08-21</announced>
  <revised count="3">2017-08-26</revised>
  <bug>616690</bug>
  <access>local, remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="app-admin/kedpm" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <vulnerable range="le">0.4.0-r2</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Helps to manage large numbers of passwords and related information and
      simplifies the tasks of searching and entering password data.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>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.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>An attacker could obtain confidential information.</p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>Gentoo Security recommends that users unmerge Ked Password Manager:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --unmerge "app-admin/kedpm"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8296">CVE-2017-8296</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-08-14T23:18:50Z">b-man</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-08-26T14:46:29Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>