CVE-2024-40761 (GCVE-0-2024-40761)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-09-25 07:31
Modified
2024-09-27 19:02
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-326 - Inadequate Encryption Strength
Summary
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
security@apache.org https://lists.apache.org/thread/mmrhsfy16qwrw0pkv0p9kj40vy3sg08x Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/25/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/25/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/25/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/25/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/25/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/26/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/26/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/26/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/27/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/27/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/27/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache Answer Version: 0   ≤ 1.3.5
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