CVE-2012-2565 Weak cryptography in n/a
Attackers can recover cleartext passwords from unsalted hashes, leading to potential account takeover in Bloxx Web Filtering.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-2565?
CVE-2012-2565 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Jun 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Bloxx Web Filtering before 5.0.14 does not use a salt during calculation of a password hash, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to determine cleartext passwords via a rainbow-table approach.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2565?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bloxx Web Filtering.
How do I fix CVE-2012-2565?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-2565 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2012-2565 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2565 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f7h2-4xfj-8rjf.