Description
KDE-Workspace 4.10.5 and earlier does not properly handle the return value of the glibc 2.17 crypt and pw_encrypt functions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via (1) an invalid salt or a (2) DES or (3) MD5 encrypted password, when FIPS-140 is enable, to KDM or an (4) invalid password to KCheckPass.
Published: 2013-09-16
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-4060 KDE-Workspace 4.10.5 and earlier does not properly handle the return value of the glibc 2.17 crypt and pw_encrypt functions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via (1) an invalid salt or a (2) DES or (3) MD5 encrypted password, when FIPS-140 is enable, to KDM or an (4) invalid password to KCheckPass.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:30:50.058Z

Reserved: 2013-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-4132

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-09-16T19:14:38.520

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-4132

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2013-06-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-4132 - Bugzilla

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