PT-2014-2427 · Foreman · Foreman

Andreas Rogge · Published 2014-05-08 · Updated 2014-05-08 · CVE-2013-0173

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Foreman versions prior to 1.1

Description The issue makes it easier for attackers to guess the root password via a brute force attack because a static salt of "foreman" is used to hash root passwords.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.1, update to version 1.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-0173

Affected Products

Foreman

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0173 · Security Note
• http://theforeman.org/security.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/2069 · Note