CVE-2000-0250 Weak cryptography in n/a
High 7.2
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2000-0250 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2000-0250 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Apr 2000. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2000-0250 exists.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0250/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0250/index.md)
Local attackers can decrypt passwords due to weak encryption in the QNX crypt function, compromising credential security.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2000-0250?
CVE-2000-0250 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Apr 2000. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The crypt function in QNX uses weak encryption, which allows local users to decrypt passwords.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0250?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Qnx Qnx.
How do I fix CVE-2000-0250?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0250 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2000-0250 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2000-0250 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2005-4082 The dhcp.client program for QNX 4.25 vmware is setuid, possibly by default, which allows local users to modify the NIC configuration and conduct other attacks.
- CVE-2001-0624 QNX 2.4 allows a local user to read arbitrary files by directly accessing the mount point for the FAT disk partition, e.g.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p3hr-r8ch-hrrq.