[ GLSA 200409-10 ] multi-gnome-terminal: Information leak

[Thierry Carrez <koon () gentoo org>]

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200409-10
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: multi-gnome-terminal: Information leak
      Date: September 06, 2004
      Bugs: #62322
        ID: 200409-10

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Synopsis
========

Active keystroke logging in multi-gnome-terminal has been discovered in
potentially world-readable files. This could allow any authorized user
on the system to read sensitive data, including passwords.

Background
==========

multi-gnome-terminal is an enhanced terminal emulator that is derived
from gnome-terminal.

Affected packages
=================

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     Package                         /  Vulnerable  /       Unaffected
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  1  x11-terms/multi-gnome-terminal     < 1.6.2-r1         >= 1.6.2-r1

Description
===========

multi-gnome-terminal contains debugging code that has been known to
output active keystrokes to a potentially unsafe location. Output has
been seen to show up in the '.xsession-errors' file in the users home
directory. Since this file is world-readable on many machines, this bug
has the potential to leak sensitive information to anyone using the
system.

Impact
======

Any authorized user on the local machine has the ability to read any
critical data that has been entered into the terminal, including
passwords.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All multi-gnome-terminal users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge sync

    # emerge -pv ">=x11-terms/multi-gnome-terminal-1.6.2-r1"
    # emerge ">=x11-terms/multi-gnome-terminal-1.6.2-r1"

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-10.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0

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