# CVE-2019-3711: DSA-2019-038: RSA® Authentication Manager Insecure Credential Management Vulnerability

> A malicious administrator can retrieve another administrator's domain password, potentially leading to account takeover.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Mar 2019
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-85h6-pc49-x8f5

## What is CVE-2019-3711?

CVE-2019-3711 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell RSA Authentication Manager, published on 13 Mar 2019. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

RSA Authentication Manager versions prior to 8.4 P1 contain an Insecure Credential Management Vulnerability. A malicious Operations Console administrator may be able to obtain the value of a domain password that another Operations Console administrator had set previously and use it for attacks.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-3711?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Emc Rsa Authentication Manager, Rsa Authentication Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-3711?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-3711 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-3711 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3711 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell RSA Authentication Manager

- [CVE-2019-3768](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3768/): XML external entity in RSA Authentication Manager (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2018-11073](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11073/): DSA-2018-152: RSA® Authentication Manager Multiple Vulnerabilities (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2018-1253](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1253/): Stored cross-site scripting vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2012-2279](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2279/): Open redirect in n/a (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2018-11074](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11074/): DSA-2018-152: RSA® Authentication Manager Multiple Vulnerabilities (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-3711 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-3711 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell RSA Authentication Manager, published on 13 Mar 2019. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3711 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell RSA Authentication Manager. 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-2019-3711/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3711/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3711
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3711
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-3711

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