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Bug 645208 - <=sys-auth/fprintd-0.5.1 potentially contains solved security bugs solved by upstream
Summary: <=sys-auth/fprintd-0.5.1 potentially contains solved security bugs solved by ...
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libfprin...
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Reported: 2018-01-21 06:58 UTC by Tim Mohlmann
Modified: 2018-02-21 23:53 UTC (History)
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Description Tim Mohlmann 2018-01-21 06:58:58 UTC 
In upstream changelog, a number of security bugs are solved after 0.5.1 release. I'm not sure the impact, it was just something I noticed. Attached the link to upstream change log. Below the concerned commits:

pam: Fix eventfd leak:
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libfprint/fprintd/commit/?id=7e4630ced2be4b7ecdfb9d60cfe0e0d3de594411

main: Plug tiny memory leak:
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libfprint/fprintd/commit/?id=8fa3dcd5cd6f4841ae5e9789dde5c9daf302dd51

data: Stop privilege escalations in daemon:
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libfprint/fprintd/commit/?id=6494efa94e5bb27f235ed758bba971c2d609ea2f

Latest stable version in tree: 0.5.0, released by upstream 2013-03-05
Latest available version upstream: 0.8.0, released 2017-09-13
Comment 1 Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2018-02-21 23:53:16 UTC 
No reported issues are vulnerabilities. Feel free to file a normal stabilization request.