Debian DLA-925-1 : kedpm security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 99736

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability was found in kedpm, a password manager compatible with the figaro password manager file format. The history file can reveal the master password if it is provided on the commandline. The name of entries created or read in the password manager are also exposed in the history file.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', the master password disclosure issue has been fixed in version 0.5.0-4+deb7u1. The entries issues has not been fixed as it requires a rearchitecture of the software.

We recommend that you upgrade your kedpm packages. Note that kedpm has been removed from the upcoming Debian release ('stretch') and you should migrate to another password manager as kedpm was abandoned.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected kedpm, and kedpm-gtk packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 99736

File Name: debian_DLA-925.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/1/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kedpm, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kedpm-gtk, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/29/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8296

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