CVE-2013-2120 Information

Description

The password(…) macro in pastemacroexpander.cpp in the KDE Paste Applet before 4.10.5 in kdeplasma-addons does not properly generate passwords which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass authentication via a brute-force attack.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-05/0114.html http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/28/5 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/29/6 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969421 https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/kdeplasma-addons/repository/revisions/36a1fe49cb70f717c4a6e9eeee2c9186503a8dce

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.4