CVE-2014-4623

Summary

CVECVE-2014-4623
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-10-25 10:55:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-29 01:35:00 UTC
DescriptionEMC Avamar 6.0.x, 6.1.x, and 7.0.x in Avamar Data Store (ADS) GEN4(S) and Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE), when Password Hardening before 2.0.0.4 is enabled, uses UNIX DES crypt for password hashing, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to obtain cleartext passwords via a brute-force attack.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-310

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Emc Avamar 6.0.1 All All All
Application Emc Avamar 6.0.2 All All All
Application Emc Avamar 6.0.3 All All All
Application Emc Avamar 6.1 All All All
Application Emc Avamar 6.1.101-87 All All All
Application Emc Avamar 7.0 All All All
Application Emc Avamar 7.0 sp1 All All
Application Emc Avamar 6.0.1 All All All
Application Emc Avamar 6.0.2 All All All
Application Emc Avamar 6.0.3 All All All
Application Emc Avamar 6.1 All All All
Application Emc Avamar 6.1.101-87 All All All
Application Emc Avamar 7.0 All All All
Application Emc Avamar 7.0 sp1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
EMC Avamar Weak Password Storage ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
20141022 ESA-2014-094: EMC Avamar Weak Password Storage Vulnerability BUGTRAQ archives.neohapsis.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
EMC Avamar Password Hardening Package Weak Encryption Algorithm Lets Local Users Decrypt Passwords - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
EMC Avamar CVE-2014-4623 Password Encryption Weakness BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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