CVE-2012-5508

Medium

Description

The error pages in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allow remote attackers to obtain random numbers and derive the PRNG state for password resets via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT per ADT2 due to different vulnerability types. CVE-2012-6661 was assigned for the PRNG reseeding issue in Zope.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductPlone
PublishedNov 3, 2014
First seenNov 3, 2014

How to fix

Update
  • plone4.2.3, 4.3b1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
plone plonev ≤ 4.2.2, 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 2.5.4, 2.5.5, 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.6, 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4, 3.1.5.1, 3.1.6, 3.1.7, 3.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.3, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3, 3.3.4, 3.3.5, 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.5, 4.0.6.1, 4.1, 4.1.4, 4.1.5, 4.1.6, 4.2, 4.2.1, 4.3—
plonePyPIv < 4.2.3, 4.3a0 ≤ v < 4.3b14.2.3, 4.3b1

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CVE-2012-5508 · Plone · Dark Radar