VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-3700

CVSS score2.9 LOW
EPSS probability0.11%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-01-24
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Description

yast2-security didn't use secure defaults to protect passwords. This became a problem on 2019-10-07 when configuration files that set secure settings were moved to a different location. As of the 20191022 snapshot the insecure default settings were used until yast2-security switched to stronger defaults in 4.2.6 and used the new configuration file locations. Password created during this time used DES password encryption and are not properly protected against attackers that are able to access the password hashes.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-327: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

Primary references