CVE-2009-3279 Weak cryptography in n/a

Medium 4.9 Published Updated

Local attackers can obtain sensitive information from QNAP NAS devices due to weak AES-256 CBC encryption implementation in LUKS partitions.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2009-3279?

CVE-2009-3279 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Sep 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The QNAP TS-239 Pro and TS-639 Pro with firmware 2.1.7 0613, 3.1.0 0627, and 3.1.1 0815 create a LUKS partition by using the AES-256 cipher in plain CBC mode, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a watermark attack.

Weakness: CWE-310

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3279?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Qnap Ts-239 Pro Turbo Nas, Qnap Ts-639 Pro Turbo Nas.

How do I fix CVE-2009-3279?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-3279 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2009-3279 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3279 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-r64c-q5mp-r47f.

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