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Revelation 0.4.13-2 and earlier uses only the first 32 characters of a password followed by a sequence of zeros, which reduces the entropy and makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to crack passwords and obtain access to keys via a brute-force attack.
- Products
- revelation
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.4.11-10
- CVEs
- CVE-2012-2742
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:32 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Revelation 0.4.13-2 and earlier uses only the first 32 characters of a password followed by a sequence of zeros, which reduces the entropy and makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to crack passwords and obtain access to keys via a brute-force attack.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2742
revelation
Fixed versions: 0.4.11-10
revelation
Fixed versions: 0.4.11-10
revelation
Fixed versions: 0.4.11-10
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2742",
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"modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:23.314011055Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 416662,
"published_at": "2012-06-27T22:55:01.52+00:00"
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