CVE-2012-5507

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2012-11-06
Bugzilla:
874110: CVE-2012-5507 conga (Plone): Timing attack in password validation

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

AccessControl/AuthEncoding.py in Zope before 2.13.19, as used in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1, allows remote attackers to obtain passwords via vectors involving timing discrepancies in password validation.

Find out more about CVE-2012-5507 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of luci (as provided by conga) as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 1.8
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 conga Not affected

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