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Security Advisory

Advisory ID: SYMSA-2006-008

Advisory Title: Password Safe - Lock Password Database Configuration Not Enforced

Author: J.R. Wikes

Release Date: 07-24-2006

Application: Password Safe 2.11, 2.16, 3.0BETA1

Platform: Windows (95/98/NT/2000/XP)

Severity: Locally exploitable

Vendor status: Verified by vendor. Upgrade available

CVE Number: CVE-2006-3675

Reference: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19078

Overview:

Password Safe is open source software which allows users to

create a secured and encrypted master password list. This list

is controlled and accessed through the Password Safe software

resident on a user?s workstation.

One of the security features of the software allows users to

configure the password database to lock upon the workstation

being locked or after a set period of inactivity. It was

determined that this locking feature is not enforced on either

of these events when certain dialogue windows are open in the

software.

More information on Password Safe can be obtained at

http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/.

Details:

Password Safe can be configured to lock the password database

when the workstation is locked or after a set period of idle

time to prevent unauthorized access to the database contents.

When the following dialogue windows are left open in the

application the database will not lock on either of these

preconfigured events.

File > New Database

File > Open Database

File > Save As

File > Export To

File > Import From

File > Merge Database

Edit > Add Entry

Edit > Edit/View Entry

Manage > Change Safe Combination

Manage > Make Backup

Manage > Restore from Backup

Help > About Password Safe

By not locking the password database as configured, its contents

may be at risk of compromise by an attacker with access to the

workstation.

Vendor Response:

The above vulnerability was addressed for the affected

platforms in Password Safe 3.01.

Customers can download the latest version of Password

Safe from the following website:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/passwordsafe/

If there are any further questions about this statement,

please contact ronys (at) users.sourceforge (dot) net. [email concealed]

Recommendation:

Follow your organization's testing procedures before

applying patches or workarounds. Customers should

upgrade to Password Safe 3.01, or higher as soon as

possible.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Information:

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has

assigned the following names to these issues. These are

candidates for inclusion in the CVE list

(http://cve.mitre.org), which standardizes names for security

problems.

CVE-2006-3675

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