VDB-9434 · CVE-2013-4105 · OSVDB 94997

Cryptocat up to 2.0.21 Multiparty Encryption information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Cryptocat up to 2.0.21. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Multiparty Encryption. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-4105. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Cryptocat up to 2.0.21. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Multiparty Encryption. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality.

The weakness was shared 11/07/2012 by Mario Heiderich, Krzysztof Koktowicz and Maxim Rupp with Cure53 as confirmed blog post (Website). The advisory is available at blog.crypto.cat. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-4105 since 06/12/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 2.0.22 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at OSVDB (94997†). blog.crypto.cat is providing further details. The entries VDB-9432, VDB-9433, VDB-9435 and VDB-9436 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Cryptocat 2.0.22

Timelineinfo

11/07/2012 🔍
11/07/2012 +0 days 🔍
06/12/2013 +217 days 🔍
07/11/2013 +29 days 🔍
05/18/2021 +2868 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: blog.crypto.cat
Researcher: Mario Heiderich, Krzysztof Koktowicz, Maxim Rupp
Organization: Cure53
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-4105 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-4105
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-9434
OSVDB: 94997

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2013 11:18
Updated: 05/18/2021 14:06
Changes: 07/11/2013 11:18 (47), 03/19/2019 16:46 (1), 05/18/2021 14:01 (2), 05/18/2021 14:06 (19)
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Committer: olku
Cache ID: 216::103

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