CVE-2012-4578: Pawel Jakub Dawidek Geli

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The geli encryption provider 7 before r239184 on FreeBSD 10 uses a weak Master Key, which makes it easier for local users to defeat a cryptographic protection mechanism via a brute-force attack.

Affected products

• Pawel Jakub Dawidek Geli: up to and including 7; version 4 only

Published 2012-08-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.