DSA-4200-1 kwallet-pam -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4200-1 kwallet-pam -- security update

Date Reported:

14 May 2018

Affected Packages:

kwallet-pam

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-10380.

More information:

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/kwallet-pam