CVE-2008-7320

NameCVE-2008-7320
DescriptionGNOME Seahorse through 3.30 allows physically proximate attackers to read plaintext passwords by using the quickAllow dialog at an unattended workstation, if the keyring is unlocked. NOTE: this is disputed by a software maintainer because the behavior represents a design decision
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
seahorse (PTS)bullseye3.38.0.1-2vulnerable
bookworm43.0-1vulnerable
sid, trixie47.0.1-1vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
seahorsesource(unstable)(unfixed)unimportant

Notes

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seahorse/+bug/189774
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seahorse/+bug/189774/comments/13
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=551036
Explicitly a design decision by upstream and not considered a security issue

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