CVE-2000-0271

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

read-passwd and other Lisp functions in Emacs 20 do not properly clear the history of recently typed keys, which allows an attacker to read unencrypted passwords.

read-passwd and other Lisp functions in Emacs 20 do not properly clear the history of recently typed keys, which allows an attacker to read unencrypted passwords.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

GNU Emacs

First reported 24 years ago

2000-04-18 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-10 19:03:00

Affected Software

GNU Emacs 20.0

20.0

GNU GNU Emacs 20.1

20.1

GNU GNU Emacs 20.2

20.2

GNU GNU Emacs 20.3

20.3

GNU Emacs 20.4

20.4

GNU GNU Emacs 20.5

20.5

GNU GNU Emacs 20.6

20.6

References

1125

Patch, Vendor Advisory

20000418 RUS-CERT Advisory 200004-01: GNU Emacs 20

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