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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201606-19
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: kwalletd: Information disclosure
     Date: June 27, 2016
     Bugs: #496768
       ID: 201606-19

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Synopsis
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Kwalletd password stores are vulnerable to codebook attacks.

Background
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Kwalletd is is a credentials management application for KDE.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  kde-apps/kwalletd          < 4.14.3-r2              >= 4.14.3-r2 

Description
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Kwalletd in KWallet uses Blowfish with ECB mode instead of CBC mode
when encrypting the password store.

Impact
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Local attackers, with access to the password store, could conduct a
codebook attack in order to obtain confidential passwords.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All kwalletd users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-apps/kwalletd-4.14.3-r1"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2013-7252
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-7252

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-19

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/