CVE-2024-8455
PLANET Technology switch devices - Swctrl service exchanges weakly encoded passwords
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.1 High
- Published
- Sep 30, 2024
- Updated
- Sep 30, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 5, 2024
Description
The swctrl service is used to detect and remotely manage PLANET Technology devices. For certain switch models, the authentication tokens used during communication with this service are encoded user passwords. Due to insufficient strength, unauthorized remote attackers who intercept the packets can directly crack them to obtain plaintext passwords.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.1 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | twcert |
Weaknesses
- CWE-261 Weak Encoding for Password
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
GS-4210-24PL4C hardware 2.0PLANET Technology |
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GS-4210-24P2S hardware 3.0PLANET Technology |
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IGS-5225-4UP1T2S hardware 1.0PLANET Technology |
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References
- https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-8059-bde5f-1.htmlthird-party-advisory
- https://www.twcert.org.tw/en/cp-139-8060-f3955-2.htmlthird-party-advisory
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