CVE-2012-6140
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 24, 2013
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 6, 2012
Description
pam_google_authenticator.c in the PAM module in Google Authenticator before 1.0 requires user-readable permissions for the secret file, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and discover a shared secret via standard filesystem operations, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0258.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953505
- https://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/source/detail?r=c3414e9857ad64e52283f3266065ef3023fc69a8
- [oss-security] 20130418 Re: CVE-2012-XXYY Request -- google-authenticator: Information disclosure due insecure requirement on the secrets filemailing-list
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=666129
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