Python Keyring 0.9.1 does not securely initialize the cipher when encrypting passwords for CryptedFileKeyring files, which makes it easier for local users to obtain passwords via a brute-force attack.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - Python Keyring 0.9.1 does not securely initialize the cipher when encrypting passwords for
    CryptedFileKeyring files, which makes it easier for local users to obtain passwords via a brute-force
    attack. (CVE-2012-4571)

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Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Dwayne Litzenberger discovered that Python Keyring's CryptedFileKeyring file format used weak cryptography. A local attacker may use this issue to brute-force CryptedFileKeyring keyring files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 11.10 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
(CVE-2012-4571)

It was discovered that Python Keyring created keyring files with insecure permissions. A local attacker could use this issue to access keyring files belonging to other users.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
433786	SCA: security update for keyring (GHSA-p3h7-3c45-qj4v)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	critical
433786	SCA: security update for keyring (GHSA-p3h7-3c45-qj4v)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	critical
71414	Fedora 20 : python-keyring-3.3-1.fc20 (2013-22644)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	low
71185	Fedora 19 : python-keyring-3.3-1.fc19 (2013-22694)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	low
62983	Ubuntu 11.10 / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : python-keyring vulnerabilities (USN-1634-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	low

Detections

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CVE-2012-4571

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