CVE-2012-4578

medium

Description

The geli encryption provider 7 before r239184 on FreeBSD 10 uses a weak Master Key, which makes it easier for local users to defeat a cryptographic protection mechanism via a brute-force attack.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78057

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2012-August/006541.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-08-21

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00031