CVE-2013-2120

Impact

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• 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
• 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