CVE-2011-2190

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

The generate_admin_password function in Cherokee before 1.2.99 uses time and PID values for seeding of a random number generator, which makes it easier for local users to determine admin passwords via a brute-force attack.

The generate_admin_password function in Cherokee before 1.2.99 uses time and PID values for seeding of a random number generator, which makes it easier for local users to determine admin passwords via a brute-force attack.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

Cherokee

First reported 13 years ago

2011-10-07 02:51:00

Last updated 12 years ago

2012-05-14 04:00:00

Affected Software

Cherokee-Project Cherokee 1.0.12

1.0.12

Cherokee-Project Cherokee 1.0.13

1.0.13

Cherokee-Project Cherokee 1.0.14

1.0.14

Cherokee-Project Cherokee 1.0.15

1.0.15

Cherokee-Project Cherokee 1.0.16

1.0.16

Cherokee-Project Cherokee 1.0.17

1.0.17

Cherokee-Project Cherokee 1.0.18

1.0.18

Cherokee-Project Cherokee 1.2.0

1.2.0

Cherokee 1.2.2

1.2.2

References

http://code.google.com/p/cherokee/issues/detail?id=1212

Patch

FEDORA-2011-12698

http://www.cherokee-project.com/download/LATEST_is_1.2.99/cherokee-1.2.99.tar.gz

Patch

[oss-security] 20110603 Re: CVE Request -- Cherokee -- server admin vulnerable to csrf

Patch

[oss-security] 20110606 Re: CVE Request -- Cherokee -- server admin vulnerable to csrf

Patch

49772

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=713304

Patch

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