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Status published
Medium
CVE-2012-2742
Revelation 0.4.13-2 and earlier uses only the first 32 characters...
Vulnerability Description
Revelation 0.4.13-2 and earlier uses only the first 32 characters of a password followed by a sequence of zeros, which reduces the entropy and makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to crack passwords and obtain access to keys via a brute-force attack.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76407
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/18/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54060
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/18/3
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=421571
- http://oss.codepoet.no/revelation/issue/61/file-format-magic-string-version-mismatch
- http://knoxin.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/revelation-password-manager-considered.html
Affected Vendor
mikel olasagasti
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revelation
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.1.0, 0.1.1, 0.1.2, 0.2.0, 0.2.1, 0.3.0, 0.3.1, 0.3.2, 0.3.3, 0.3.4, 0.4.0, 0.4.1, 0.4.2, 0.4.3, 0.4.4, 0.4.5, 0.4.6, 0.4.7, 0.4.8, 0.4.9, 0.4.10, 0.4.11, 0.4.12
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 27th, 2012
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.