gnome-keyring: improper caching of passwords/passphrase
Published Oct 22, 2012
4.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.48%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 3.4.0
- 3.4.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not Vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of gnome-keyring as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
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| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.48% (0.00477) | 38.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.48% (0.00477) | 37.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.10% (0.00096) | 24.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00095) | 41.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.11% (0.00115) | 43.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683655 x_refsource_MISC
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-keyring/commit/?id=51606f299e5ee9d48096db0a5957efe26cbf7cc3 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-keyring/commit/?id=5dff623470b859e332dbe12afb0dc57b292832d2 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00037.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:084 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/09/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/09/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3466 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=681081 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=845426 x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3466
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3466
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