CVE-2012-6140

pam_google_authenticator.c in the PAM module in Google Authenticator before 1.0 requires user-readable permissions for the secret file, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and discover a shared secret via standard filesystem operations, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0258.

Score

CVSS 2.0 1.9 Low

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2013-04-24

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected products

• Authenticator (Google)

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=666129
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/18/10
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953505
• https://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/source/detail?r=c3414e9857ad64e52283f3266065ef3023fc69a8