{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6140","details":"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.","modified":"2026-09-23T06:47:31.600806378Z","published":"2013-04-24T10:28:37.323Z","upstream":["CVE-2012-6140"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6140"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"google-authenticator","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/google-authenticator?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"20130529-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6140.json"}},{"package":{"name":"google-authenticator","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/google-authenticator?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"20130529-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6140.json"}},{"package":{"name":"google-authenticator","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/google-authenticator?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"20130529-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6140.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}