CryptoBuddy Long Passphrase Truncation Weakness

BID:6815

Info

CryptoBuddy Long Passphrase Truncation Weakness

Bugtraq ID: 6815
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2003-1389
CVE-2003-1389
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Feb 10 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 06 2016 02:06PM
Credit: The discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to [email protected].
Vulnerable: Research Triangle Software CryptoBuddy 1.2
Research Triangle Software CryptoBuddy 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

CryptoBuddy Long Passphrase Truncation Weakness

It has been reported that CryptoBuddy will truncate passphrases over 55 characters in length. This weakness employed by the encryption algorithm of CryptoBuddy may result in a user having a false sense of security.

Solution / Fix

CryptoBuddy Long Passphrase Truncation Weakness

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

CryptoBuddy Long Passphrase Truncation Weakness

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