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CVE-2021-43298 CRITICAL

Published: 2022-01-25 | Last Modified: 2024-11-21 | Status: Modified

Description

The code that performs password matching when using 'Basic' HTTP authentication does not use a constant-time memcmp and has no rate-limiting. This means that an unauthenticated network attacker can brute-force the HTTP basic password, byte-by-byte, by recording the webserver's response time until the unauthorized (401) response.

Additional Descriptions (1)

El código que lleva a cabo la coincidencia de contraseñas cuando es usada la autenticación HTTP "Basic" no usa un memcmp de tiempo constante y no presenta limitación de velocidad. Esto significa que un atacante de red no autenticado puede forzar la contraseña básica HTTP, byte a byte, registrando el tiempo de respuesta del servidor web hasta la respuesta no autorizada (401)

CVSS Metrics

Base Score: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
Confidentiality ImpactHIGH
Integrity ImpactHIGH
Availability ImpactHIGH

Source: [email protected]

Type: Primary

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Impact Score: 5.9

Base Score: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

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

Access VectorNETWORK
Access ComplexityLOW
AuthenticationNONE
Confidentiality ImpactPARTIAL
Integrity ImpactNONE
Availability ImpactNONE

Source: [email protected]

Type: Primary

Exploitability Score: 10.0

Impact Score: 2.9

Weaknesses

Source Type Description
[email protected] Secondary
en CWE-208
[email protected] Primary
en CWE-307

Affected Products

Vendor Product Version Update Type
embedthis goahead * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x72a9cc6175c0> Application

Affected Configurations

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:a:embedthis:goahead:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References

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