CVE-2020-28638
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2020-28638 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2020-11-13 21:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2020-12-02 15:00:00 UTC |
| Description | ask_password in Tomb 2.0 through 2.7 returns a warning when pinentry-curses is used and $DISPLAY is non-empty, causing affected users' files to be encrypted with "tomb {W] Detected DISPLAY, but only pinentry-curses is found." as the encryption key. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-287
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| [security] Any password unlocks tomb when using pinentry-curses and non-empty $DISPLAY · Issue #385 · dyne/Tomb · GitHub | MISC | github.com | Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 180683 Debian Security Update for tomb (CVE-2020-28638)