CVE-2006-4021

Summary

CVECVE-2006-4021
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-08-17 21:04:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-17 21:32:00 UTC
DescriptionThe cryptographic module in ScatterChat 1.0.x allows attackers to identify patterns in large numbers of messages by identifying collisions using a birthday attack on the custom padding mechanism for ECB mode encryption.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Scatterchat Scatterchat 1.0.1 All All All
Application Scatterchat Scatterchat 1.0.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ScatterChat Advisory 2006-01: Cryptanalytic Attack Vulnerability CONFIRM www.scatterchat.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
SecurityReason - ScatterChat Advisory 2006-01: Cryptanalytic Attack Vulnerability SREASON securityreason.com
ScatterChat Advisory 2006-01: Cryptanalytic Attack Vulnerability CONFIRM www.scatterchat.com Vendor Advisory
ScatterChat ECB Mode Cryptographic Module Weakness BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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