DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6140

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6140
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6140.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6140
Upstream
Published
2013-04-24T10:28:37.323Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:01:17.466834Z
Summary
[none]
Details

pamgoogleauthenticator.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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / google-authenticator

Package

Name
google-authenticator
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/google-authenticator?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20130529-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6140.json"

Debian:12 / google-authenticator

Package

Name
google-authenticator
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/google-authenticator?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20130529-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6140.json"

Debian:13 / google-authenticator

Package

Name
google-authenticator
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/google-authenticator?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20130529-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6140.json"

Debian:14 / google-authenticator

Package

Name
google-authenticator
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/google-authenticator?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20130529-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6140.json"