# CVE-2013-4132: 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 re

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2013-09-16 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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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## References

- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00002.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/117
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00082.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/120
- https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/111261/

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