5.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2020-17494
Untangle Firewall NG Password Cracking Vulnerability
Description

Untangle Firewall NG before 16.0 uses MD5 for passwords.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 12, 2020, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 5:08 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-17494 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Untangle untangle_firewall_ng

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-17494 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-17494 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/untangle/ngfw_src/blob/1d232efe2c17a8838b59bbbeaf166dafa94676af/uvm/hier/usr/share/untangle/web/auth/index.py#L196-L200
    Added Reference https://github.com/untangle/ngfw_src/search?q=author%3Abmastbergen+committer-date%3A2020-08-10&type=commits
    Added Reference https://pastebin.com/s7UYG3vX
    Added Reference https://wiki.untangle.com/index.php/16.0.0_-_16.0.1_Changelog
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-327 CWE-326
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 25, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/untangle/ngfw_src/blob/1d232efe2c17a8838b59bbbeaf166dafa94676af/uvm/hier/usr/share/untangle/web/auth/index.py#L196-L200 No Types Assigned https://github.com/untangle/ngfw_src/blob/1d232efe2c17a8838b59bbbeaf166dafa94676af/uvm/hier/usr/share/untangle/web/auth/index.py#L196-L200 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/untangle/ngfw_src/search?q=author%3Abmastbergen+committer-date%3A2020-08-10&type=commits No Types Assigned https://github.com/untangle/ngfw_src/search?q=author%3Abmastbergen+committer-date%3A2020-08-10&type=commits Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://pastebin.com/s7UYG3vX No Types Assigned https://pastebin.com/s7UYG3vX Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://wiki.untangle.com/index.php/16.0.0_-_16.0.1_Changelog No Types Assigned https://wiki.untangle.com/index.php/16.0.0_-_16.0.1_Changelog Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-327
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:untangle:untangle_firewall_ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 16.0
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.15 }} 0.02%

score

0.32602

percentile

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