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ask_password in Tomb 2.0 through 2.7 returns a warning...

Critical severity Unreviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 29, 2023

Package

No package listedSuggest a package

Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

ask_password in Tomb 2.0 through 2.7 returns a warning when pinentry-curses is used and $DISPLAY is non-empty, causing affected users' files to be encrypted with "tomb {W] Detected DISPLAY, but only pinentry-curses is found." as the encryption key.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 13, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Last updated Jan 29, 2023

Severity

Critical

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-28638

GHSA ID

GHSA-7796-9c37-q364

Source code

No known source code

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