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Debian DSA-4200-1 Moderate: KWallet-PAM Permission Handling Issue

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Calendar Grey May 14, 2018
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Hash: SHA512 Debian Security Advisory DSA-4200-1 https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
Fabian Vogt discovered that incorrect permission handling in the PAM module of the KDE Wallet could allow an unprivileged local user to gain ownership of arbitrary files
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Summary

Fabian Vogt discovered that incorrect permission handling in the PAM
module of the KDE Wallet could allow an unprivileged local user to gain
ownership of arbitrary files.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.8.4-1+deb9u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your kwallet-pam packages.

For the detailed security status of kwallet-pam please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/kwallet-pam

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: kwallet-pam
CVE ID: CVE-2018-10380

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