CVE-2012-3458

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2012-08-13
Bugzilla:
809267: CVE-2012-3458 python-beaker: weak use of crypto can leak information to remote attackers

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Beaker before 1.6.4, when using PyCrypto to encrypt sessions, uses AES in ECB cipher mode, which might allow remote attackers to obtain portions of sensitive session data via unspecified vectors.

Find out more about CVE-2012-3458 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of python-beaker as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 as it did not include support for using python-crypto.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 python-beaker Not affected

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