| Name | CVE-2013-2120 |
| Description | The %{password(...)} macro in pastemacroexpander.cpp in the KDE Paste Applet before 4.10.5 in kdeplasma-addons does not properly generate passwords, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass authentication via a brute-force attack. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 710497 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| kdeplasma-addons (PTS) | buster | 4:5.14.5.1-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 4:5.20.5-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4:5.27.5-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4:5.27.10-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[jessie] - kdeplasma-addons <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - kdeplasma-addons <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[squeeze] - kdeplasma-addons <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
Original fix https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/kdeplasma-addons/repository/revisions/36a1fe49cb70f717c4a6e9eeee2c9186503a8dce not sufficient