Description
Inadequate Encryption Strength vulnerability in Apache Answer. This issue affects Apache Answer: through 1.3.5. Using the MD5 value of a user's email to access Gravatar is insecure and can lead to the leakage of user email. The official recommendation is to use SHA256 instead. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.4.0, which fixes the issue.
References (12)
Core 12
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/25/2
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/25/5
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/25/6
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/25/7
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/25/8
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/26/1
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/26/3
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/26/4
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/27/4
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/27/5
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/27/8
Mailing List, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread/mmrhsfy16qwrw0pkv0p9kj40vy3sg08x
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0072
EPSS Percentile
49.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-326
Status
published
Products (2)
apache/answer
< 1.3.5
apache/incubator-answer
0 - 1.4.0Go
Published
Sep 25, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026