FKIE_CVE-2018-20781

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-02-12 17:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:53
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In pam/gkr-pam-module.c in GNOME Keyring before 3.27.2, the user's password is kept in a session-child process spawned from the LightDM daemon. This can expose the credential in cleartext.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/+bug/1772919Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781486Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguinThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguin/tree/d95f1e08ce79783794f38433bbf7de5abd9792daThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-keyring/issues/3Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-keyring/tags/3.27.2Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3894-1/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/+bug/1772919Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781486Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguinThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguin/tree/d95f1e08ce79783794f38433bbf7de5abd9792daThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-keyring/issues/3Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-keyring/tags/3.27.2Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3894-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.htmlThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnome gnome_keyring *
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04
oracle zfs_storage_appliance_kit 8.8
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