Vulnerability CVE-2006-4021
Published: 2006-08-17   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The cryptographic module in ScatterChat 1.0.x allows attackers to identify patterns in large numbers of messages by identifying collisions using a birthday attack on the custom padding mechanism for ECB mode encryption.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
ScatterChat Advisory 2006-01: Cryptanalytic Attack Vulnerability
ScatterChat Advi...
18.08.2006

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.6/10
2.9/10
4.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Scatterchat -> Scatterchat 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1396
http://www.scatterchat.com/advisories/2006-01_non_tech.html
http://www.scatterchat.com/advisories/2006-01_tech.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443038/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19485
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