CVE-2019-3700

LOW

yast2-security < 4.2.6 - Use of Weak DES Password Encryption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

yast2-security didn't use secure defaults to protect passwords. This became a problem on 2019-10-07 when configuration files that set secure settings were moved to a different location. As of the 20191022 snapshot the insecure default settings were used until yast2-security switched to stronger defaults in 4.2.6 and used the new configuration file locations. Password created during this time used DES password encryption and are not properly protected against attackers that are able to access the password hashes.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157541

Scores

CVSS v3 2.9
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 10.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-327
Status published
Products (1)
suse/yast2-security < 4.2.6
Published Jan 24, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026