CVE-2006-4021 (GCVE-0-2006-4021)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-08-17 21:00
Modified
2024-08-07 18:57
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
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