Upstream information

CVE-2013-2120 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 2.1
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 8.4
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 822595 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 plasma-addons Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 plasma-addons Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 plasma-addons Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 plasma-addons Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 plasma-addons Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS plasma-addons Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 plasma-addons Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS plasma-addons Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 plasma-addons Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS plasma-addons Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 plasma-addons Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS plasma-addons Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS plasma-addons Analysis

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Aug 9 16:01:04 2013
CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 2 15:56:42 2024