CVE-2014-0083 net-ldap has weak salt when generating passwords

What is CVE-2014-0083?

CVE-2014-0083 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 21 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Ruby net-ldap gem before 0.11 uses a weak salt when generating SSHA passwords.

Weakness: CWE-916

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0083?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including net-ldap. It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Net-Ldap Project Net-Ldap.

How do I fix CVE-2014-0083?

Upgrade net-ldap to 0.16.2 or later.

Is CVE-2014-0083 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0083 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-qwgm-mxm4-3q2c, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0083.