Cherokee up to 0.11.5 Random Number Generator generate_admin_password cryptographic issues
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A vulnerability was found in Cherokee up to 0.11.5 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function generate_admin_password
of the component Random Number Generator. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issues vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:
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 weakness was shared 10/06/2011 by Vincent Danen as Bug 713304 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-2190 since 05/31/2011. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1600 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56932 (Fedora 14 : cherokee-1.2.101-1.fc14 (2011-14660)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 0.11.6 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (56932). The entry 58875 is related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Cryptographic issuesCWE: CWE-310
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Nessus ID: 56932
Nessus Name: Fedora 14 : cherokee-1.2.101-1.fc14 (2011-14660)
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OpenVAS ID: 863947
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for cherokee FEDORA-2011-12657
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Upgrade: Cherokee 0.11.6
Timeline
05/31/2011 🔍09/26/2011 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: Bug 713304Researcher: Vincent Danen
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-2190 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 49772 - Cherokee Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 03/23/2015 16:50Updated: 04/23/2019 21:25
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (68), 04/23/2019 21:25 (4)
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