CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-5999

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

An issue was discovered in sysPass 2.x before 2.1, related to the use of an algorithm that was never sufficiently reviewed by cryptographers. The use of the MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256() function instead of MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_128 may allow an attacker to create unknown havoc in the remote system.

Risk Assessment

The risk to the organization involves the potential exploitation of the cryptographic algorithm weakness, which could lead to data breaches and unauthorized access to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update sysPass to version 2.1 or later to mitigate this vulnerability and to review the cryptographic algorithms in use.

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Original NVD description (English source)

An issue was discovered in sysPass 2.x before 2.1, in which an algorithm was never sufficiently reviewed by cryptographers. The fact that inc/SP/Core/Crypt.class is using the MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256() function (the 256-bit block version of Rijndael, not AES) instead of MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_128 (real AES) could help an attacker to create unknown havoc in the remote system.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS