Vulnerability in FreeBSD
CVE-2012-4578
The geli encryption provider 7 before r239184 on FreeBSD 10 uses a weak Master Key, which makes it easier for local users to defeat a cryptographic protection mechanism via a brute-force attack.
Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (6.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 7th percentile — 6.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- FreeBSD — versions 10.0
- Pawel Jakub Dawidek Geli — versions 4
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78057 (vdb-entry)
- lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2012-August/006541.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)