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GLSA-201708-04 : Ked Password Manager: Information leak

high Nessus Plugin ID 102616

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201708-04 (Ked Password Manager: Information leak)

 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.

Solution

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

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 102616

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201708-04.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Published: 8/21/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:kedpm, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/21/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8296

GLSA: 201708-04