CVE-2012-3466
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
GNOME gnome-keyring 3.4.0 through 3.4.1, when gpg-cache-method is set to "idle" or "timeout," does not properly limit the amount of time a passphrase is cached, which allows attackers to have an unspecified impact via unknown attack vectors.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (41th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-3423)
- Published
- October 22, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-3423 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnome / gnome-keyring
- gnome / gnome-keyring
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683655
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-keyring/commit/?id=51606f299e5ee9d48096db0a5957efe26cbf7cc3
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-keyring/commit/?id=5dff623470b859e332dbe12afb0dc57b292832d2(Patch)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00037.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:084
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/09/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/09/2
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=681081(Exploit)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=845426
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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