SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-3700

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.

LOW 3.3EPSS 0.11%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.11%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 3.1
3.3 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.11% probability · 1th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-327
Affected
suse/yast2-security
Source
meissner@suse.de

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.