CVE-2006-1378
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Mar 24, 2006
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Mar 23, 2006
Description
PasswordSafe 3.0 beta, when running on Windows before XP, uses a weak random number generator (C++ rand function) during generation of the database encryption key, which makes it easier for attackers to decrypt the database and steal passwords by generating keys for all possible rand() seed values and conducting a known plaintext attack.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- passwordsafe-key-brute-force(25429)vdb-entry
- 618third-party-advisory
- 20060323 PasswordSafe 3.0 weak random number generator allows key recovery attackmailing-list
- 20060907 Re: PasswordSafe 3.0 weak random number generator allows key recovery attackmailing-list
- 17200vdb-entry
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