Bug 645208

Summary:	<=sys-auth/fprintd-0.5.1 potentially contains solved security bugs solved by upstream
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Tim Mohlmann <muhlemmer>
Component:	Vulnerabilities	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libfprint/fprintd/log/
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

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.