CVE-2000-0271

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnu
Status
Emacs
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 April 2000

Summary

read-passwd and other Lisp functions in Emacs 20 do not properly clear the history of recently typed keys, which allows an attacker to read unencrypted passwords.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=...
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1125
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Timeline

  • Vulnerability Reserved

  • Vulnerability published

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