Insecure Initialization of Cipher in Python Keyring 0.9.1 Allows Password Extraction via Brute-Force Attack

CVE-2012-4571

Python Keyring 0.9.1 does not securely initialize the cipher when encrypting passwords for CryptedFileKeyring files, which makes it easier for local users to obtain passwords via a brute-force attack.

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