| Name | CVE-2024-37408 |
| Description | 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. NOTE: the supplier disputes this because they believe issue resolution would involve modifying the PAM configuration to restrict pam_fprintd.so to front-ends that implement a proper attention mechanism, not modifying pam_fprintd.so or fprintd. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| fprintd (PTS) | jessie | 0.5.1-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 0.7.0-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| fprintd | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| fprintd | source | stretch | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
Notes
Disputed fprintd issue, was also filed as bug #1072854
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/30/3
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/fprint/2024-May/001231.html