# CVE-2024-37408: fprintd through 1.94.3 lacks a security attention mechanism, and thus unexpected actions might be authorized by "auth sufficient pam\_fprintd

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-06-08 · Updated: 2024-09-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/30/3
- https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/fprint/2024-May/001231.html
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libfprint/fprintd/-/releases
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/13/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/13/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/14/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/14/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/14/3

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