CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-5229

Opencast before 8.1 stores passwords using the rather outdated and cryptographically insecure MD5 hash algorithm. Furthermore, the hashes are salted using the username instead of a random salt, causing hashes for users with the same username and password to collide which is problematic especially for popular users like the default `admin` user. This essentially means that for an attacker, it might be feasible to reconstruct a user's password given access to these hashes. Note that attackers needing access to the hashes means that they must gain access to the database in which these are stored first to be able to start cracking the passwords. The problem is addressed in Opencast 8.1 which now uses the modern and much stronger bcrypt password hashing algorithm for storing passwords. Note, that old hashes remain MD5 until the password is updated. For a list of users whose password hashes are stored using MD5, take a look at the `/user-utils/users/md5.json` REST endpoint.

5.5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8 / Impact : 4.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

8.1 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/opencast/opencast/commit/32bfbe5f78e214e2d589f92050228b91d704758e Patch
https://github.com/opencast/opencast/security/advisories/GHSA-h362-m8f2-5x7c Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:apereo:opencast:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2020-01-30 08:15

Updated : 2020-02-05 08:52

NVD link : CVE-2020-5229

Mitre link : CVE-2020-5229

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-327