CVE-2017-8296 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/26/9 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=860817 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-04 https://sourceforge.net/p/kedpm/bugs/6/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

7.5