CVE-2013-4132

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.

Published: Sep 16, 2013
Updated: Nov 9, 2025
CVE: CVE-2013-4132
Severity: Medium
Exploit:

CVSS v2:

Severity: Medium
Score: 5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

CWE-310

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
kde / kde_sc	-	4.10.5.x
kde / kde-workspace	-	4.10.5.x
opensuse / opensuse	12.2	12.2.x

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00082.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00002.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/117
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/120
https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/111261/

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CVE-2013-4132

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