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cumin: weak password hashing

Published Apr 30, 2014

Description

Cumin (aka MRG Management Console), as used in Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.5, uses the DES-based crypt function to hash passwords, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain sensitive information via a brute-force attack.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (1)

References (7)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Apr 30, 2014
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Nov 4, 2013
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date Apr 28, 2014