CVE-2013-2213

Publication date 11 February 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The KRandom::random function in KDE Paste Applet after 4.10.5 in kdeplasma-addons uses the GNU C Library rand function's linear congruential generator, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by predicting the generator output.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
kdeplasma-addons	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	15.04 vivid	Ignored end of life
	14.10 utopic	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	13.10 saucy	Ignored end of life
	13.04 raring	Ignored end of life
	12.10 quantal	Ignored end of life
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life

Notes

seth-arnold

This CVE is for an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-2120, which means that it only really applies to packages where the upstream fix for CVE-2013-2120 was used. I believe that is only raring-proposed as of 2013-06-26, but I'm marking this needed for all releases, to ensure the incorrect fix is not used alone.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N