CVE-2012-5507
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.3 · CWE-362
4.3CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
AccessControl/AuthEncoding.py in Zope before 2.13.19, as used in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1, allows remote attackers to obtain passwords via vectors involving timing discrepancies in password validation.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106Patch
- https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/23Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/zope2/+bug/1071067
- https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.2.3/docs/CHANGES.txt