#1072854 fprintd: CVE-2024-37408

Package:
src:fprintd
Source:
src:fprintd
Submitter:
Salvatore Bonaccorso
Date:
2024-06-09 07:03:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1072854#5
Date:
2024-06-09 07:01:48 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for fprintd.

CVE-2024-37408[0]:
| fprintd through 1.94.3 lacks a security attention mechanism, and
| thus unexpected actions might be authorized by "auth sufficient
| pam_fprintd.so" for Sudo.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-37408
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-37408
[1] https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/30/3
[2] https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/fprint/2024-May/001231.html

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore