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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201402-12">
+ <title>PAM S/Key: Information disclosure</title>
+ <synopsis>PAM S/Key does not clear provided credentials from memory, allowing
+ local attackers to gain access to cleartext credentials.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">pam_skey</product>
+ <announced>February 09, 2014</announced>
+ <revised>February 09, 2014: 1</revised>
+ <bug>482588</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="sys-auth/pam_skey" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.1.5-r5</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.1.5-r5</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>PAM S/Key is a pluggable authentication module for the OpenBSD
+ Single-key Password system.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>Ulrich Müller reported that a Gentoo patch to PAM S/Key does not remove
+ credentials provided by the user from memory.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A local attacker with privileged access could inspect a memory dump to
+ gain access to cleartext credentials provided by users.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All PAM S/Key users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sys-auth/pam_skey-1.1.5-r5"
+ </code>
+
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4285">CVE-2013-4285</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 28 Aug 2013 10:10:48 +0000">a3li</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 09 Feb 2014 10:46:24 +0000">a3li</metadata>
+</glsa>