| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-2000-0271 (CCN-4324) | ||||||||
| Assigned: | 2000-04-18 | ||||||||
| Published: | 2000-04-18 | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2008-09-10 | ||||||||
| Summary: | 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 v3 Severity: | 5.9 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 4.6 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-Other | ||||||||
| Vulnerability Consequences: | Obtain Information | ||||||||
| References: | Source: CCN Type: GNU FTP site FTP site Source: CCN Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Apr 18 2000 - 07:17:05 CDT RUS-CERT Advisory 200004-01: GNU Emacs 20 Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-2000-0271 Source: CCN Type: gnu.emacs.announce Newsgroup Emacs 20.7 released Source: CCN Type: OSVDB ID: 13668 GNU Emacs read-passwd Lisp Function Arbitrary Password Disclosure Source: BID Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory 1125 Source: CCN Type: BID-1125 GNU Emacs Local Eavesdropping Vulnerabilities Source: BUGTRAQ Type: UNKNOWN 20000418 RUS-CERT Advisory 200004-01: GNU Emacs 20 Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN emacs-password-history(4324) | ||||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration CCN 1:  Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||
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