Bug 1341963 (CVE-2016-5119)

Summary:	CVE-2016-5119 keepass: MitM attack against update check
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-06-02 07:27:58 UTC

An attacker can abuse KeePass 2's recommended automatic update check – if enabled – to “release” a new version and redirect the user to a malicious download page.

External references:

https://bogner.sh/2016/03/mitm-attack-against-keepass-2s-update-check/

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2016-06-02 07:28:22 UTC

Created keepass tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1341965]

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2016-09-01 13:34:50 UTC

keepass-2.34-1.fc25 has been pushed to the Fedora 25 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 3 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-08 02:53:16 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.