CVE-2012-4571

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-4571
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-11-30 22:55:00 UTC
Updated2012-12-03 05:00:00 UTC
DescriptionPython Keyring 0.9.1 does not securely initialize the cipher when encrypting passwords for CryptedFileKeyring files, which makes it easier for local users to obtain passwords via a brute-force attack.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-310

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Python Keyring 0.9.1 All All All
Application Python Keyring 0.9.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug #1004845 “python-keyring CryptedFileKeyring is insecure (was...” : Bugs : “python-keyring” package : Ubuntu MISC bugs.launchpad.net
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: Python keyring MLIST www.openwall.com
keyring 1.2 : Python Package Index CONFIRM pypi.python.org
USN-1634-1: Python Keyring vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
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