CVE-2008-1484

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Mar 24, 2008
Updated: Aug 7, 2024
Reserved: Mar 24, 2008

Description

The password reset feature in PunBB 1.2.16 and earlier uses predictable random numbers based on the system time, which allows remote authenticated users to determine the new password via a brute force attack on a seed that is based on the approximate creation time of the targeted account. NOTE: this issue might be related to CVE-2006-5737.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=18460
29043third-party-advisory
http://sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-01.txt
http://punbb.org/download/changelogs/1.2.16_to_1.2.17.txt
45561vdb-entry
20080220 Advisory SE-2008-01: PunBB Blind Password Recovery Vulnerabilitymailing-list
5165exploit
27908vdb-entry

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