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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-2742

Original release date:06/27/2012

Last revised:06/28/2012

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Revelation 0.4.13-2 and earlier uses only the first 32 characters of a password followed by a sequence of zeros, which reduces the entropy and makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to crack passwords and obtain access to keys via a brute-force attack.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:5.0 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 2.9

Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable

Access Complexity: Low

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information

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External Source: MISC

Name: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=421571

Hyperlink:https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=421571

External Source: XF

Name: revelation-passwordlength-weak-security(76407)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/76407

External Source: BID

Name: 54060

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54060

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20120618 Re: CVE Request -- Revelation: 1) Limits effective password length to 32 characters 2) Doesn't iterate the passphrase through SHA algorithm to derive the encryption key

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/18/3

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20120618 CVE Request -- Revelation: 1) Limits effective password length to 32 characters 2) Doesn't iterate the passphrase through SHA algorithm to derive the encryption key

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/18/1

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://oss.codepoet.no/revelation/issue/61/file-format-magic-string-version-mismatch

Hyperlink:http://oss.codepoet.no/revelation/issue/61/file-format-magic-string-version-mismatch

External Source: MISC

Name: http://knoxin.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/revelation-password-manager-considered.html

Hyperlink:http://knoxin.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/revelation-password-manager-considered.html