=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3894-1
February 26, 2019

gnome-keyring vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

GNOME Keyring could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:
- gnome-keyring: GNOME keyring services

Details:

It was discovered that GNOME Keyring incorrectly cleared out credentials
supplied to the PAM module. A local attacker could possibly use this issue
to discover login credentials.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  gnome-keyring                   3.18.3-0ubuntu2.1
  libpam-gnome-keyring            3.18.3-0ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  gnome-keyring                   3.10.1-1ubuntu4.4
  libpam-gnome-keyring            3.10.1-1ubuntu4.4

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3894-1
  CVE-2018-20781

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/3.18.3-0ubuntu2.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/3.10.1-1ubuntu4.4

Ubuntu 3894-1: GNOME Keyring vulnerability

February 26, 2019
GNOME Keyring could be made to expose sensitive information.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: gnome-keyring 3.18.3-0ubuntu2.1 libpam-gnome-keyring 3.18.3-0ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: gnome-keyring 3.10.1-1ubuntu4.4 libpam-gnome-keyring 3.10.1-1ubuntu4.4 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3894-1

CVE-2018-20781

Severity
February 26, 2019

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/3.18.3-0ubuntu2.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/3.10.1-1ubuntu4.4

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