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PYSEC-2012-8

Quick fix

PYSEC-2012-8 — keyring: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'keyring>=0.9.2'

Details

Python Keyring 0.9.1 does not securely initialize the cipher when encrypting passwords for CryptedFileKeyring files, which makes it easier for local users to obtain passwords via a brute-force attack.

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Affected packages

PyPI/keyring
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 0.9.2
Fixpip install --upgrade 'keyring>=0.9.2'

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