User-readable permissions for secret file in Google Authenticator PAM module

CVE-2012-6140 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

pam_google_authenticator.c in the PAM module in Google Authenticator before 1.0 requires user-readable permissions for the secret file, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and discover a shared secret via standard filesystem operations, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0258.

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