CVE-2016-3704

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Pulp before 2.8.5 uses bash's $RANDOM in an unsafe way to generate passwords.

7.5 /10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0 /10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References
Link Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1330264 Issue Tracking Patch
https://docs.pulpproject.org/user-guide/release-notes/2.8.x.html#pulp-2-8-5 Permissions Required
https://github.com/pulp/pulp/blob/pulp-2.8.2-1/server/bin/pulp-qpid-ssl-cfg#L25 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory Patch
https://github.com/pulp/pulp/blob/pulp-2.8.2-1/server/bin/pulp-qpid-ssl-cfg#L97-L105 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YM2LCC7QBRCK4LTN5EZT5OHTVAR3MYTY/
https://pulp.plan.io/issues/1858 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:pulpproject:pulp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

12 Feb 2023, 23:18

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3704', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3704', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
Summary Pulp makes unsafe use of Bash's $RANDOM to generate a NSS DB password and seed resulting in insufficient randomness. An attacker could potentially guess the seed used given enough time and compute resources. Pulp before 2.8.5 uses bash's $RANDOM in an unsafe way to generate passwords.

02 Feb 2023, 21:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary Pulp before 2.8.5 uses bash's $RANDOM in an unsafe way to generate passwords. Pulp makes unsafe use of Bash's $RANDOM to generate a NSS DB password and seed resulting in insufficient randomness. An attacker could potentially guess the seed used given enough time and compute resources.
References
  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YM2LCC7QBRCK4LTN5EZT5OHTVAR3MYTY/', 'name': 'FEDORA-2016-4373f7d32a', 'tags': ['Patch', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'FEDORA'}
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3704 -
  • (MISC) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YM2LCC7QBRCK4LTN5EZT5OHTVAR3MYTY/ -
References (MISC) https://github.com/pulp/pulp/blob/pulp-2.8.2-1/server/bin/pulp-qpid-ssl-cfg#L25 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (MISC) https://github.com/pulp/pulp/blob/pulp-2.8.2-1/server/bin/pulp-qpid-ssl-cfg#L25 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, Patch
Information

Published : 2017-06-13 17:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:15

NVD link : CVE-2016-3704

Mitre link : CVE-2016-3704

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-3704

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Products Affected

pulpproject

  • pulp

fedoraproject

  • fedora
CWE
CWE-255

Credentials Management Errors