CVE-2006-1378 (GCVE-0-2006-1378)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-03-24 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 17:12
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
PasswordSafe 3.0 beta, when running on Windows before XP, uses a weak random number generator (C++ rand function) during generation of the database encryption key, which makes it easier for attackers to decrypt the database and steal passwords by generating keys for all possible rand() seed values and conducting a known plaintext attack.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
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|---|---|
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/618 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428552/100… | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445509/100… | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17200 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Date Public
2006-03-23 00:00
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