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CVE-2012-4578

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-08-21 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-310

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.

Affected products

• Pawel Jakub Dawidek Geli: through 7; 4

References

• http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2012-August/006541.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78057
• http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2012-August/006541.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78057

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