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dar: weak cryptography

Package(s):dar CVE #(s):CVE-2007-3528
Created:July 6, 2007 Updated:July 11, 2007
Description: From the National Vulnerability Database: "The blowfish mode in DAR before 2.3.4 uses weak Blowfish-CBC cryptography by (1) discarding random bits by the blowfish::make_ivec function in libdar/crypto.cpp that results in predictable and repeating IV values, and (2) direct use of a password for keying, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to decrypt files."
Alerts:
Fedora FEDORA-2007-0904 2007-07-05

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