# CVE-2011-2082: Weak cryptography in n/a

> Attackers can brute-force disabled user passwords due to weak hashing, potentially gaining access if accounts are re-enabled.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 4 Jun 2012
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2082, GHSA-pxc3-v4rj-fc78

## What is CVE-2011-2082?

CVE-2011-2082 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Jun 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The vulnerable-passwords script in Best Practical Solutions RT 3.x before 3.8.12 and 4.x before 4.0.6 does not update the password-hash algorithm for disabled user accounts, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to determine cleartext passwords, and possibly use these passwords after accounts are re-enabled, via a brute-force attack on the database.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-0009.

Weakness: CWE-255

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2082?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bestpractical Rt.

## How do I fix CVE-2011-2082?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2011-2082 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2082 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2011-5092](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-5092/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2013-3370](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3370/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2012-4732](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4732/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2011-2085](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-2085/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2011-4458](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-4458/): Code injection in n/a (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2011-2082 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2011-2082 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Jun 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2082 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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-2011-2082/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-2082/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2082
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2082
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-2082

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-2082/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.