PT-2005-4552 · Counterpane · Passwordsafe

Published 2005-11-24 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2005-3801

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions CounterPane PasswordSafe versions 1.x through 2.x

Description The issue allows local users to test possible encryption keys against a subset of the stored key data without performing the more expensive key derivation function (KDF), which reduces the search time in brute force attacks.

Recommendations For CounterPane PasswordSafe versions 1.x through 2.x, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-3801

Affected Products

Passwordsafe

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3801 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113217074200452&w=2 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/190 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/21244 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/15455 · Note