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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-8296: Ked Password Manager: Information leak

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-8296: Ked Password Manager: Information leak

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
04/27/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

kedpm 0.5 and 1.0 creates a history file in ~/.kedpm/history that is written in cleartext. 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 cleartext.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-admin-kedpm

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