conradkleinespel/rpassword · Security

rpassword affected by partial password reveal when input is interrupted

GHSA ID
GHSA-2p6r-x3vv-xqm2
Severity
low
Published
Updated
CVSS
3.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v3
3.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

rpassword maintainers were made aware of a possible issue with a partial password reveal when input is interrupted.

To quote @squell:

@conradkleinespel I've confirmed this problem with SequoiaPGP, which I think uses rpassword, e.g.:

Suppose we use pkill -9 sq in a different terminal right after the password has been typed in:

$ sq key generate --userid "barf" --with-password Enter password to protect the key: Killed $ hello^C

Where the password I typed in is "hello".

This has been fixed in version v7.5.0 and above.

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