PunBB < 1.2.17 Password Reset Information Disclosure

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4391

Synopsis

The remote host relies on pseudo-random data within the authentication process.

Description

The version of PunBB installed on the remote host is vulnerable to a password attack. There is a flaw in the way that PunBB generates random passwords and cookie seeds. An attacker exploiting this flaw would be able to run efficient brute-force attacks against passwords that had been recently reset. The root cause of this flaw seems to be the use of the PHP 'mt_rand()' function which gives, at most, 1,000,000 possible outputs.

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.2.17 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 4391

Family: CGI

Published: 2/21/2008

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:punbb:punbb

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1484

BID: 27908

Detections

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