PT-2014-2770 · Gentoo · Gentoo

Ulrich Müller · Published 2014-04-28 · Updated 2014-04-29 · CVE-2013-4285

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Gentoo (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a Gentoo patch for the PAM S/Key module, which fails to properly clear credentials from memory. This allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading system memory.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-255

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-4285

Affected Products

Gentoo

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4285 · Security Note
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201402-12.xml · Vendor Advisory