USN-3894-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3894-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3894-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3894-1
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Published
2019-02-26T14:20:42.136645Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:47Z
Summary
gnome-keyring vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that GNOME Keyring incorrectly cleared out credentials supplied to the PAM module. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to discover login credentials.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / gnome-keyring

Package

Name
gnome-keyring
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gnome-keyring@3.10.1-1ubuntu4.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.10.1-1ubuntu4.4

Affected versions

3.*

3.8.2-0ubuntu3
3.10.1-1ubuntu3
3.10.1-1ubuntu4
3.10.1-1ubuntu4.1
3.10.1-1ubuntu4.2
3.10.1-1ubuntu4.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gnome-keyring",
            "binary_version": "3.10.1-1ubuntu4.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libp11-kit-gnome-keyring",
            "binary_version": "3.10.1-1ubuntu4.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpam-gnome-keyring",
            "binary_version": "3.10.1-1ubuntu4.4"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3894-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2018-20781"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / gnome-keyring

Package

Name
gnome-keyring
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gnome-keyring@3.18.3-0ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.18.3-0ubuntu2.1

Affected versions

3.*

3.16.0-4ubuntu2
3.18.3-0ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gnome-keyring",
            "binary_version": "3.18.3-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libp11-kit-gnome-keyring",
            "binary_version": "3.18.3-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpam-gnome-keyring",
            "binary_version": "3.18.3-0ubuntu2.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3894-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2018-20781"
        }
    ]
}