Elixir CVE-2012-2146 CFB Mode Blowfish Information Disclosure Weakness

Bugtraq ID:	69752
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2012-2146
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 18 2012 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 13 2015 10:13PM
Credit:	Red Hat Security Response Team
Vulnerable:	ematia Elixir 0.8
Not Vulnerable:

Elixir CVE-2012-2146 CFB Mode Blowfish Information Disclosure Weakness

Elixir is prone to an information-disclosure weakness.

An attacker may exploit this issue to obtain sensitive information; this may lead to further attacks.

Elixir 0.8.0 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Elixir CVE-2012-2146 CFB Mode Blowfish Information Disclosure Weakness

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Elixir CVE-2012-2146 CFB Mode Blowfish Information Disclosure Weakness

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Elixir CVE-2012-2146 CFB Mode Blowfish Information Disclosure Weakness

References:

• [patch] Encryption scheme doesn't use proper random seed to encrypt (ematia)
  
• Bug 810013 - (CVE-2012-2146) CVE-2012-2146 python-elixir: weak use of crypto can (Red Hat Bugzilla)
  
• Elixir Homepage (ematia)