PT-2014-3119

CVE-2013-6445

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Published

2014-04-30

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Updated

2021-07-15

Description by

CVSS 2.0
5.0
Medium
MetricsAV: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.
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
Related identifiers
RHSA-2014:0440
RHSA-2014:0441
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