CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-4571
2.1 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-11-30
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-310
Description
Python Keyring 0.9.1 does not securely initialize the cipher when encrypting passwords for CryptedFileKeyring files, which makes it easier for local users to obtain passwords via a brute-force attack.
Affected configurations
• python keyring 0.9.1
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://pypi.python.org/pypi/keyring pypi.python.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/31/8 www.openwall.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1634-1 www.ubuntu.com
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-keyring/+bug/1004845 bugs.launchpad.net
- http://pypi.python.org/pypi/keyring pypi.python.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/31/8 www.openwall.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1634-1 www.ubuntu.com
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-keyring/+bug/1004845 bugs.launchpad.net