CVE-2018-5152 - Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Demo Examples

Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

CWE-327

These code examples use the Data Encryption Standard (DES).


               
EVP_des_ecb();

               
des.initEncrypt(key2);

               
}
return $encryptedPassword;

Once considered a strong algorithm, DES now regarded as insufficient for many applications. It has been replaced by Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).

Overview

First reported 6 years ago

2018-06-11 21:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-03 00:03:00

Affected Software

Mozilla Firefox

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

14.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

16.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10

17.10

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS Edition

18.04

References

104139

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

1040896

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1415644

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1427289

Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory

USN-3645-1

Third Party Advisory

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/

Vendor Advisory

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