Vulnerability CVE-2012-3466
Published: 2012-10-22   Modified: 2012-10-23

Description:
GNOME gnome-keyring 3.4.0 through 3.4.1, when gpg-cache-method is set to "idle" or "timeout," does not properly limit the amount of time a passphrase is cached, which allows attackers to have an unspecified impact via unknown attack vectors.

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.4/10
6.4/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Gnome -> Gnome-keyring 

 References:
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-keyring/commit/?id=5dff623470b859e332dbe12afb0dc57b292832d2
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=845426
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=681081
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/09/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/09/1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:084
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00037.html
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-keyring/commit/?id=51606f299e5ee9d48096db0a5957efe26cbf7cc3
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683655
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