CVE-2013-4132
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.024 · 84 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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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affected products (4)
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references (16)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00082.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00002.htmlcnnvd
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/117cnnvd
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/120cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61191cnnvd
- https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/111261/cnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00082.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00002.htmlenisa_euvd
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