Gentoo: GLSA-200404-06 Low: Util-linux Login Data Leak Risk
gentoo
April 7, 2004
The login program included in util-linux could leak sensitive information under certain conditions.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200404-06
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Low
Title: Util-linux login may leak sensitive data
Date: April 07, 2004
Bugs: #46422
ID: 200404-06
Synopsis
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The login program included in util-linux could leak sensitive
information under certain conditions.
Background
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Util-linux is a suite of essential system utilites, including login,
agetty, fdisk.
Affected packages
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sys-apps/util-linux <= 2.11 >= 2.12
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In some situations the login program could leak sensitive data due to
an incorrect usage of a reallocated pointer.
NOTE: Only users who have PAM support disabled on their systems (i.e. -PAM i...
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