CVE-2013-2120

The %{password(...)} macro in pastemacroexpander.cpp in the KDE Paste Applet before 4.10.5 in kdeplasma-addons does not properly generate passwords, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass authentication via a brute-force attack.

Score

CVSS 3.1 8.4 High

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2020-02-11

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-287

Affected products

• Paste Applet (Kde)

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-05/0114.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/28/5
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/29/6
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969421
• https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/kdeplasma-addons/repository/revisions/36a1fe49cb70f717c4a6e9eeee2c9186503a8dce