CVE-2013-7252 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00535.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Kde	Kde Applications

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_applications:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2013-7030	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://gaganpreet.in/blog/2013/07/24/kwallet-security-analysis/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/02/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/09/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67716
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1048168
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7252
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-19
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7252
https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20150109-1.txt

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2015-01-18T18:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:01:20.414Z

Reserved: 2014-01-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2013-7252

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-01-18T18:59:00.050

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2013-7252

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2013-07-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-7252 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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