Description
Best Practical Solutions RT 3.x before 3.8.9rc2 and 4.x before 4.0.0rc4 uses the MD5 algorithm for password hashes, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to determine cleartext passwords via a brute-force attack on the database.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.3/10
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=610850Patch
- http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2011-January/000185.htmlPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054740.html
- http://osvdb.org/70661
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43438Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2150
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45959
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0190Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0475Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0576Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672250Patch
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=610850Patch
- http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2011-January/000185.htmlPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054740.html
- http://osvdb.org/70661
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43438Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2150
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45959
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0190Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0475Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0576Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672250Patch
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
Timeline
- Published
- Jan 25, 2011
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified