CVE-2016-9124 Security feature bypass in Revive Adserver All versions before 3.2.3
Attackers can perform password-guessing attacks against the login page due to insufficient rate limiting, potentially leading to account takeover.
- 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-2016-9124?
CVE-2016-9124 is a critical vulnerability in Revive-Adserver Revive Adserver, published on 28 Mar 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Revive Adserver before 3.2.3 suffers from Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. The login page of Revive Adserver is vulnerable to password-guessing attacks. An account lockdown feature was considered, but rejected to avoid introducing service disruptions to regular users during such attacks. A random delay has instead been introduced as a countermeasure in case of password failures, along with a system to discourage parallel brute forcing. These systems will effectively allow the valid users to log in to the adserver, even while an attack is in progress.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9124?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Revive-Adserver Revive Adserver.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9124?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9124 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-9124 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9124 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Revive-Adserver Revive Adserver
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jq2f-3xc4-634f.