A divide-by-zero in the encryption/decryption routines of GNU Recutils v1.9 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via inputting an empty value as a password.
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Thu, 01 Jan 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Title Recutils: Recutils: Denial of Service due to divide-by-zero with empty password input
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cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:00:00 +0000

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Description A divide-by-zero in the encryption/decryption routines of GNU Recutils v1.9 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via inputting an empty value as a password.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-30T17:46:21.953Z

Reserved: 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-65409

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-30T18:15:47.003

Modified: 2025-12-31T20:42:43.210

Link: CVE-2025-65409

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-12-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-65409 - Bugzilla

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