{"id":"CVE-2022-37401","aliases":["EUVD-2022-40034","GHSA-468w-rc5f-76wx"],"status":"published","title":"Apache OpenOffice Weak Master Keys","description":"Apache OpenOffice supports the storage of passwords for web connections in the user's configuration database. The stored passwords are encrypted with a single master key provided by the user. A flaw in OpenOffice existed where master key was poorly encoded resulting in weakening its entropy from 128 to 43 bits making the stored passwords vulnerable to a brute force attack if an attacker has access to the users stored config. This issue affects: Apache OpenOffice versions prior to 4.1.13. 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