CVE-2012-4578

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues

Publication date:

21/08/2012

Last modified:

11/04/2025

Description

The geli encryption provider 7 before r239184 on FreeBSD 10 uses a weak Master Key, which makes it easier for local users to defeat a cryptographic protection mechanism via a brute-force attack.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.10 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

2.10

Severity 2.0

LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:pawel_jakub_dawidek:geli::::::::		7 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:pawel_jakub_dawidek:geli:4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2012-4578

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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