CVE-2019-3700

low-risk
Published 2020-01-24

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.03% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 2.9/10 Low
LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Yast2-Security

Affected Vendors

13
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low-risk
Severity 8/34 · Low
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal