Bug 1226143 (CVE-2024-37408) - VUL-0: CVE-2024-37408: fprintd: lack of security attention mechanism leads to the authorization of unexpected actions when using sudo configured to approve access with pam_fprintd
Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2024-37408: fprintd: lack of security attention mechanism leads to...
Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-37408
Product: SUSE Security Incidents
Classification: Novell Products
Component: Incidents (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Other
: P3 - Medium : Major
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Assignee: Alejandro Bonilla
QA Contact: Security Team bot
URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/409737/
Whiteboard: CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2024-37408:7.3:(AV:...
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Reported: 2024-06-10 11:23 UTC by SMASH SMASH
Modified: 2024-06-10 12:15 UTC (History)
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Found By: Security Response Team
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Description SMASH SMASH 2024-06-10 11:23:04 UTC 
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.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2024-37408
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-37408
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libfprint/fprintd/-/releases
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/fprint/2024-May/001231.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/30/3