| Name | CVE-2024-37408 |
| Description | fprintd through 1.94.3 lacks a security attention mechanism, and thus unexpected actions might be authorized by "auth sufficient pam_fprintd.so" for Sudo. NOTE: the supplier disputes this because they believe issue resolution would involve modifying the PAM configuration to restrict pam_fprintd.so to front-ends that implement a proper attention mechanism, not modifying pam_fprintd.so or fprintd. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1072854 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| fprintd (PTS) | bullseye | 1.90.9-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.94.2-2 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 1.94.4-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| fprintd | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 1072854 |
Notes
[bookworm] - fprintd <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - fprintd <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - fprintd <postponed> (Minor issue)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/30/3
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/fprint/2024-May/001231.html