PT-2019-16097
CVE-2019-20138
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Published
2019-12-30
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Updated
2021-07-21
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.5
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
HTTP Authentication library for Nim versions prior to 2019-12-27
Description
The issue is related to weak password hashing. The default algorithm for libsodium's crypto pwhash str is not used in the affected versions.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 2019-12-27, update the HTTP Authentication library to use the default algorithm for libsodium's crypto pwhash str to strengthen password hashing.
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