CVE-2019-12210 Affecting pam-u2f package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-PAMU2F-349413
  • published4 Jun 2019
  • disclosed4 Jun 2019

Introduced: 4 Jun 2019

CVE-2019-12210  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:18.04 pam-u2f.

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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 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.