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TI-2013-03609 Aliases CVE-2013-4132GHSA-4vrh-wr8w-rqg2

KDE-Workspace 4.10.5 and earlier does not properly handle the return value of the glibc…

Priority LOW 27CWE-310Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

KDE-Workspace 4.10.5 and earlier does not properly handle the return value of the glibc 2.17 crypt and pw_encrypt functions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via (1) an invalid salt or a (2) DES or (3) MD5 encrypted password, when FIPS-140 is enable, to KDM or an (4) invalid password to KCheckPass.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02413 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde-workspace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 4.10.5VulnerableKDE
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 4.10.5VulnerableKDE
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*12.2VulnerableopenSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde-workspace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 4.10.5 Vulnerable ·KDE
  • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 4.10.5 Vulnerable ·KDE
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.2 Vulnerable ·openSUSE

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-4132
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4vrh-wr8w-rqg2

References

Advisory 2

Other 3

Sources

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