CVE-2009-4269

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-4269
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-08-16 20:00:00 UTC
Updated2011-01-26 06:41:00 UTC
DescriptionThe password hash generation algorithm in the BUILTIN authentication functionality for Apache Derby before 10.6.1.0 performs a transformation that reduces the size of the set of inputs to SHA-1, which produces a small search space that makes it easier for local and possibly remote attackers to crack passwords by generating hash collisions, related to password substitution.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-310

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Derby All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Apache Derby 10.6.1.0 Release CONFIRM db.apache.org
Apache Derby 'BUILTIN' Authentication Insecure Password Hashing Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Pre-Release Announcement - January 2011 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
marcellmajor.com | 522: Connection timed out MISC marcellmajor.com
Oracle Health Sciences - InForm Authentication Scheme Security Issue - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com
'[ANNOUNCE] Apache Derby 10.6.1.0 released' - MARC MLIST marc.info
Oracle Industry Applications Bugs Let Remote Users Partially Deny Service, Access Data, and Modify Data - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
[DERBY-4483] Provide a way to change the hash algorithm used by BUILTIN authentication - ASF JIRA CONFIRM issues.apache.org Vendor Advisory
Apache Derby "BUILTIN" Authentication Scheme Security Issue - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com
404 Not Found MISC blogs.sun.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
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