CVE-2019-12210 Affecting pam-u2f package, versions <1.0.8-1
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- published4 Jun 2019
- disclosed4 Jun 2019
Introduced: 4 Jun 2019
CVE-2019-12210 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 pam-u2f to version 1.0.8-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pam-u2f package and not the pam-u2f package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.
In Yubico pam-u2f 1.0.7, when configured with debug and a custom debug log file is set using debug_file, that file descriptor is not closed when a new process is spawned. This leads to the file descriptor being inherited into the child process; the child process can then read from and write to it. This can leak sensitive information and also, if written to, be used to fill the disk or plant misinformation.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-12210
- https://developers.yubico.com/pam-u2f/Release_Notes.html
- https://github.com/Yubico/pam-u2f/commit/18b1914e32b74ff52000f10e97067e841e5fff62
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00018.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/05/1
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-12210