CVE-2013-7252

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2013-07-24
CWE:
CWE-327
Bugzilla:
1048168: CVE-2013-7252 kwallet: crypto misuse

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

kwalletd in KWallet before KDE Applications 14.12.0 uses Blowfish with ECB mode instead of CBC mode when encrypting the password store, which makes it easier for attackers to guess passwords via a codebook attack.

Find out more about CVE-2013-7252 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue affects the version of kdebase-runtime package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.

CVSS v2 metrics

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

Base Score 1.9
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kwallet Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kdebase-runtime Fix deferred

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