CVE-2012-2146

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-08-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

Elixir 0.8.0 uses Blowfish in CFB mode without constructing a unique initialization vector (IV), which makes it easier for context-dependent users to obtain sensitive information and decrypt the database.

Affected products

Ematia Elixir: 0.8.0

References

http://elixir.ematia.de/trac/ticket/119
http://groups.google.com/group/sqlelixir/browse_thread/thread/efc16227514cffa?pli=1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/27/8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/28/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/29/1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=810013
http://elixir.ematia.de/trac/ticket/119
http://groups.google.com/group/sqlelixir/browse_thread/thread/efc16227514cffa?pli=1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/27/8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/28/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/29/1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=810013

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