Vulnerability Details CVE-2019-12209
Yubico pam-u2f 1.0.7 attempts parsing of the configured authfile (default $HOME/.config/Yubico/u2f_keys) as root (unless openasuser was enabled), and does not properly verify that the path lacks symlinks pointing to other files on the system owned by root. If the debug option is enabled in the PAM configuration, part of the file contents of a symlink target will be logged, possibly revealing sensitive information.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.006
EPSS Ranking 69.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00018.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/05/1
- https://developers.yubico.com/pam-u2f/Release_Notes.html
- https://github.com/Yubico/pam-u2f/commit/7db3386fcdb454e33a3ea30dcfb8e8960d4c3aa3
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5FOR4ADC356JPCHAJI5UXZORLC3VNBPS/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZCGU6UQLI3ZTW3UYCTMQW7VDL5M4LCWR/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00018.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/05/1
- https://developers.yubico.com/pam-u2f/Release_Notes.html
- https://github.com/Yubico/pam-u2f/commit/7db3386fcdb454e33a3ea30dcfb8e8960d4c3aa3
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5FOR4ADC356JPCHAJI5UXZORLC3VNBPS/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZCGU6UQLI3ZTW3UYCTMQW7VDL5M4LCWR/