Secure testing team - Jul 2012 - Bug#680059: revelation: FPM exporter doesn't encrypt password files [CVE-2012-3818]

Package: revelation
Version: 0.4.13-1
Severity: grave
Tags: security
Justification: user security hole

Hey,

it seems that the revelation password manager has an issue in export
function for the Figaro Password Manager format. A quick test seems to
reveal that it uses in fact the XML (unencrypted) format, while still
asking for a password and not warning the user that the export is
insecure.

I didn''t test the other export formats but it might be worth looking at
them.

This has been allowed CVE-2012-3818

References:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-3818
http://knoxin.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/revelation-password-manager-considered.html
http://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/feedback/2

Regards,
-- 
Yves-Alexis

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, ''unstable''), (500,
''testing''), (500, ''stable''), (1,
''experimental'')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages revelation depends on:
ii  gconf2             3.2.5-1
ii  gnome-extra-icons  1.1-2
ii  gnome-icon-theme   3.4.0-2
ii  python             2.7.3-1
ii  python-cracklib    2.8.19-1
ii  python-crypto      2.6-2
ii  python-gnome2      2.28.1+dfsg-1
ii  python-gobject     3.2.2-1
ii  python-gtk2        2.24.0-3
ii  python2.6          2.6.8-0.2
ii  python2.7          2.7.3-1
ii  shared-mime-info   1.0-1

revelation recommends no packages.

revelation suggests no packages.

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