PT-2014-3119 · Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Mrg

Published 2014-04-30 · Updated 2021-07-15 · CVE-2013-6445

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Red Hat Enterprise MRG version 2.5

Description The issue makes it easier for attackers to obtain sensitive information via a brute-force attack due to the use of the DES-based crypt function to hash passwords.

Recommendations For Red Hat Enterprise MRG version 2.5, consider updating the password hashing mechanism to a more secure algorithm to mitigate the risk of brute-force attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-6445

RHSA-2014:0440

RHSA-2014:0441

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Mrg

References · 4

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0441.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6445 · Security Note
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0440.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1030158 · Note