PT-2000-1253 · Gnu · Emacs

Published 2000-04-18 · Updated 2008-09-10 · CVE-2000-0271

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Emacs version 20

Description The issue is related to the read-passwd and other Lisp functions in Emacs, which do not properly clear the history of recently typed keys. This allows an attacker to read unencrypted passwords.

Recommendations For Emacs version 20, consider disabling the read-passwd function until a patch is available to properly clear the key history and prevent unauthorized access to unencrypted passwords.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0271

Affected Products

Emacs

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0271 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/1125 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-04-15&msg=tg4s8zioxq.fsf%40mercury.rus.uni-stuttgart.de · Note