CVE-2012-3466
First published: Fri Aug 03 2012(Updated: )
GNOME gnome-keyring 3.4.0 through 3.4.1, when gpg-cache-method is set to "idle" or "timeout," does not properly limit the amount of time a passphrase is cached, which allows attackers to have an unspecified impact via unknown attack vectors.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| redhat/gnome-keyring-3.4.1 | <3. | 3. |
| GNOME Keyring | =3.4.0 | |
| GNOME Keyring | =3.4.1 |
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Reference Links
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=681081#c14
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=846904
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=845426
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683655
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-keyring/commit/?id=51606f299e5ee9d48096db0a5957efe26cbf7cc3
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-keyring/commit/?id=5dff623470b859e332dbe12afb0dc57b292832d2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00037.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:084
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/09/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/09/2
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=681081
- collector/redhat-bugzilla
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- package-manager/redhat
- vendor/gnome
- canonical/gnome keyring
- version/gnome keyring/3.4.0
- version/gnome keyring/3.4.1