Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.5 Management Console crypt cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.5. This impacts the function crypt of the component Management Console. The manipulation results in cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-6445. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.5. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function crypt of the component Management Console. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-310. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Cumin (aka MRG Management Console), as used in Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.5, uses the DES-based crypt function to hash passwords, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain sensitive information via a brute-force attack.

The weakness was published 04/30/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-6445 since 11/04/2013. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 76676 (RHEL 5 : MRG (RHSA-2014:0441)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (76676) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-44530†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Nessus ID: 76676
Nessus Name: RHEL 5 : MRG (RHSA-2014:0441)
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11/04/2013 🔍
04/29/2014 +176 days 🔍
04/30/2014 +1 days 🔍
04/30/2014 +0 days 🔍
05/15/2014 +15 days 🔍
07/22/2014 +68 days 🔍
03/25/2015 +246 days 🔍
05/12/2026 +4066 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: RHSA-2014:0441⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2013-6445 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-6445
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-69540
SecurityFocus: 67733
SecurityTracker: 1030158
Vulnerability Center: 44530 - RedHat Enterprise MRG 2.5 Information Disclosure via the DES-Based \x27crypt\x27 Function, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/25/2015 16:45
Updated: 05/12/2026 08:21
Changes: 03/25/2015 16:45 (58), 05/28/2017 03:05 (1), 03/15/2022 19:02 (4), 03/15/2022 19:10 (3), 05/12/2026 08:21 (15)
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