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CVE-2016-5746

CVE-2016-5746

EPSS 0.5%
libstorage, libstorage-ng, and yast-storage improperly store passphrases for encrypted storage devices in a temporary file on disk, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file, as demonstrated by /tmp/libstorage-XXXXXX/pwdf.
Affected products
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References
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00032.htmlhttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=986971https://github.com/openSUSE/libstorage-ng/pull/123https://github.com/openSUSE/libstorage/pull/162https://github.com/openSUSE/libstorage/pull/163https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/223https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/224https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/226https://github.com/yast/yast-storage/pull/227http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93169