CVE-2016-3084

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-3084
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdell
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-05-25 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionThe UAA reset password flow in Cloud Foundry release v236 and earlier versions, UAA release v3.3.0 and earlier versions, all versions of Login-server, UAA release v10 and earlier versions and Pivotal Elastic Runtime versions prior to 1.7.2 is vulnerable to a brute force attack due to multiple active codes at a given time. This vulnerability is applicable only when using the UAA internal user store for authentication. Deployments enabled for integration via SAML or LDAP are not affected.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 8.1 HIGH from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | XSS

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary8.1HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cloudfoundry Cloud Foundry Uaa Bosh All All All All
Application Pivotal Software Cloud Foundry All All All All
Application Pivotal Software Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime All All All All
Application Pivotal Software Cloud Foundry Uaa All All All All
Application Pivotal Software Login-server - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Pivotal Cloud Foundry affected release v236 and earlier versions Not specified
CNA Pivotal Cloud Foundry affected UAA release v3.3.0 and earlier versions Not specified
CNA Pivotal Cloud Foundry affected All versions of Login-server Not specified
CNA Pivotal Cloud Foundry affected UAA release v10 and earlier versions Not specified
CNA Pivotal Cloud Foundry affected Elastic Runtime versions prior to 1.7.2 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2016-3084 UAA Password Reset Vulnerability | Security | VMware Tanzu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 pivotal.io Vendor Advisory
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