CVE-2024-40761

Inadequate Encryption Strength vulnerability in Apache Answer. This issue affects Apache Answer: through 1.3.5. Using the MD5 value of a user's email to access Gravatar is insecure and can lead to the leakage of user email. The official recommendation is to use SHA256 instead. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.4.0, which fixes the issue.
Configurations

No configuration.

History

21 Nov 2024, 09:31

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References
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25 Sep 2024, 16:35

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Summary
  • (es) Vulnerabilidad de fuerza de cifrado inadecuada en Apache Answer. Este problema afecta a Apache Answer: hasta la versión 1.3.5. El uso del valor MD5 del correo electrónico de un usuario para acceder a Gravatar es inseguro y puede provocar la filtración del correo electrónico del usuario. La recomendación oficial es utilizar SHA256 en su lugar. Se recomienda a los usuarios que actualicen a la versión 1.4.0, que soluciona el problema.
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.3

25 Sep 2024, 08:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2024-09-25 08:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 09:31


NVD link : CVE-2024-40761

Mitre link : CVE-2024-40761

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-40761


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Products Affected

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CWE
CWE-326

Inadequate Encryption Strength