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ubuntu-cve-2023-52723

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2024-04-29 06:15

Modified

2026-04-22 07:45

Summary

Details

In KDE libksieve before 23.03.80, kmanagesieve/session.cpp places a cleartext password in server logs because a username variable is accidentally given a password value.

Severity

7.1 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-52723	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52723	REPORT
	https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/…	REPORT
	https://invent.kde.org/pim/libksieve/-/commit/6b4…	REPORT
	https://invent.kde.org/pim/libksieve/-/tags/v23.03.80	REPORT
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024…	REPORT
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/30/1	REPORT

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "kio-sieve",
            "binary_version": "4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libkf5kmanagesieve5",
            "binary_version": "4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libkf5ksieve-data",
            "binary_version": "4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libkf5ksieve5",
            "binary_version": "4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libkf5ksieveui5",
            "binary_version": "4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "libkf5ksieve",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libkf5ksieve@4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "4:17.04.3-0ubuntu1",
        "4:17.08.3-0ubuntu1",
        "4:17.12.2-0ubuntu3",
        "4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
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          {
            "binary_name": "kio-sieve",
            "binary_version": "4:19.12.3-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libkf5kmanagesieve5",
            "binary_version": "4:19.12.3-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libkf5ksieve-data",
            "binary_version": "4:19.12.3-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libkf5ksieve5",
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          },
          {
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        "name": "libkf5ksieve",
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      },
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        }
      ],
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        "4:19.04.3-0ubuntu1",
        "4:19.04.3-0ubuntu2",
        "4:19.12.3-0ubuntu1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "kio-sieve",
            "binary_version": "4:21.12.3-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libkf5kmanagesieve5",
            "binary_version": "4:21.12.3-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libkf5ksieve-data",
            "binary_version": "4:21.12.3-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libkf5ksieve5",
            "binary_version": "4:21.12.3-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libkf5ksieveui5",
            "binary_version": "4:21.12.3-0ubuntu1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
        "name": "libkf5ksieve",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libkf5ksieve@4:21.12.3-0ubuntu1?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "4:21.08.1-0ubuntu1",
        "4:21.08.3-0ubuntu1",
        "4:21.11.80-0ubuntu1",
        "4:21.11.90-0ubuntu1",
        "4:21.12.0-0ubuntu1",
        "4:21.12.1-0ubuntu1",
        "4:21.12.2-0ubuntu1",
        "4:21.12.3-0ubuntu1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "In KDE libksieve before 23.03.80, kmanagesieve/session.cpp places a cleartext password in server logs because a username variable is accidentally given a password value.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52723",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:45:51Z",
  "published": "2024-04-29T06:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-52723"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52723"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/25/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://invent.kde.org/pim/libksieve/-/commit/6b460ba93ac4ac503ba039d0b788ac7595120db1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://invent.kde.org/pim/libksieve/-/tags/v23.03.80"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/05/msg00004.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/30/1"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2023-52723"
  ]
}

CVE-2023-52723 (GCVE-0-2023-52723)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-29 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-02 23:11

Summary

In KDE libksieve before 23.03.80, kmanagesieve/session.cpp places a cleartext password in server logs because a username variable is accidentally given a password value.

Severity

7.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

n/a
CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Assigner

mitre

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://invent.kde.org/pim/libksieve/-/commit/6b4…
https://invent.kde.org/pim/libksieve/-/tags/v23.03.80
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/…
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/30/1	mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024…	mailing-list

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
kde	libksieve	Affected: - cpe:2.3:a:kde:libksieve:-:::::::*

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2023-52723 (GCVE-0-2023-52723)

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