CVE - CVE-2018-20781

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-20781	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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
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MISC:https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/+bug/1772919 URL:https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/+bug/1772919 MISC:https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781486 URL:https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781486 MISC:https://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguin URL:https://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguin MISC:https://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguin/tree/d95f1e08ce79783794f38433bbf7de5abd9792da URL:https://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguin/tree/d95f1e08ce79783794f38433bbf7de5abd9792da MISC:https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-keyring/issues/3 URL:https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-keyring/issues/3 MISC:https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-keyring/tags/3.27.2 URL:https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-keyring/tags/3.27.2 MISC:https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html URL:https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html UBUNTU:USN-3894-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3894-1/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20190212	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20190212)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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