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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a KDE Paste Applet
before 4.10.5affected
References
- 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 ↗