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.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2017-8296)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

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 &ldquo;password&rdquo;
      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.

An information disclosure vulnerability was found in kedpm, a password manager compatible with the figaro password manager file format. The history file can reveal the master password if it is provided on the commandline. The name of entries created or read in the password manager are also exposed in the history file.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', the master password disclosure issue has been fixed in version 0.5.0-4+deb7u1. The entries issues has not been fixed as it requires a rearchitecture of the software.

We recommend that you upgrade your kedpm packages. Note that kedpm has been removed from the upcoming Debian release ('stretch') and you should migrate to another password manager as kedpm was abandoned.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
263426	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-8296	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
102616	GLSA-201708-04 : Ked Password Manager: Information leak	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	Local	high
99736	Debian DLA-925-1 : kedpm security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	high

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CVE-2017-8296

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