Bug 1286730 (CVE-2015-8378) - CVE-2015-8378 keepassx: passwords stored in plain text file when export is cancelled
Summary: CVE-2015-8378 keepassx: passwords stored in plain text file when export is ca...
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2015-8378
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1286731 1286732
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-11-30 15:43 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2019-09-29 13:40 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 02:45:56 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2015-11-30 15:43:33 UTC 
It was found that XML export function in keepassx 0.4.3 creates hidden XML file containing user passwords in plaintext without warning, when the export is cancelled, which may go unnoticed by the user.

CVE request:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q4/404
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2015-11-30 15:43:59 UTC 
Created keepassx tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1286731]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1286732]
Comment 2 Adam Mariš 2015-12-09 10:36:27 UTC 
Patch:

https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/keepassx.git/commit/?id=b3c9028db8ec3b8752ff47717ffc792d755c1294
Comment 3 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-08 02:45:56 UTC 
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.
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