CVE-2012-3458

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    CVE-2012-3458

    Published: 15 Sept 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Beaker before 1.6.4, when using PyCrypto to encrypt sessions, uses AES in ECB cipher mode, which might allow remote attackers to obtain portions of sensitive session data via unspecified vectors.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/50226, http://secunia.com/advisories/50520, http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2541, https://github.com/bbangert/beaker/commit/91becae76101cf87ce8cbfabe3af2622fc328fe5, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=809267, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/13/10

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High