PT-2011-3673 · Alvaro Lopez Ortega · Cherokee

Josh Bressers · Published 2011-10-07 · Updated 2012-05-14 · CVE-2011-2190

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cherokee versions prior to 1.2.99

Description The issue concerns the generate admin password function, which uses time and PID values for seeding a random number generator. This makes it easier for local users to determine admin passwords via a brute-force attack.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.2.99, update to version 1.2.99 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the generate admin password function until a patch is available.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-2190

Affected Products

Cherokee

References · 9

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/066222.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/03/4 · Patch
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=713304 · Patch
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/21 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2190 · Security Note
• http://cherokee-project.com/download/LATEST_is_1.2.99/cherokee-1.2.99.tar.gz · Patch
• http://code.google.com/p/cherokee/issues/detail?id=1212 · Patch
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/49772 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2190 · Note