#VU10741 Information disclosure in Pulp - CVE-2016-3704
Published: February 27, 2018 / Updated: March 27, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10741
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3704
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Pulp
Pulp
Software vendor:
Pulp
Pulp
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The weakness exists due to unsafe use of Bash's $RANDOM that generates a NSS DB password and seed resulting in insufficient randomness. A remote attacker can potentially guess the seed used given enough time and compute resources.
The weakness exists due to unsafe use of Bash's $RANDOM that generates a NSS DB password and seed resulting in insufficient randomness. A remote attacker can potentially guess the seed used given enough time and compute resources.
Remediation
Update to version 2.8.5.