CVE-2000-0271 Information

Description

read-passwd and other Lisp functions in Emacs 20 do not properly clear the history of recently typed keys which allows an attacker to read unencrypted passwords.

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1125 http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-04-15&msg=tg4s8zioxq.fsf@mercury.rus.uni-stuttgart.de