CVE-2012-3466

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-10-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

GNOME gnome-keyring 3.4.0 through 3.4.1, when gpg-cache-method is set to "idle" or "timeout," does not properly limit the amount of time a passphrase is cached, which allows attackers to have an unspecified impact via unknown attack vectors.

Affected products

Gnome-Keyring: 3.4.0, 3.4.1

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683655
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-keyring/commit/?id=51606f299e5ee9d48096db0a5957efe26cbf7cc3
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-keyring/commit/?id=5dff623470b859e332dbe12afb0dc57b292832d2
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00037.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:084
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/09/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/09/2
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=681081
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=845426
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683655
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-keyring/commit/?id=51606f299e5ee9d48096db0a5957efe26cbf7cc3
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-keyring/commit/?id=5dff623470b859e332dbe12afb0dc57b292832d2

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