CVE-2013-4132

kde-workspace: NULL pointer dereference in KDM and KCheckPass when glibc 2.17 or FIPS-140 enabled system used

Published Sep 16, 2013 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
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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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-4060 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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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 4:30 PM
Reserved
Jun 12, 2013, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 16, 2013, 7:14 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:56 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jun 29, 2013, 12:00 AM