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CVE-2013-7252 (GCVE-0-2013-7252)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-01-18 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 18:01
VLAI
Summary
kwalletd in KWallet before KDE Applications 14.12.0 uses Blowfish with ECB mode instead of CBC mode when encrypting the password store, which makes it easier for attackers to guess passwords via a codebook attack.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2013-07-24 00:00
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