CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-0897

Insufficient Entropy

Published: Jun 22, 2017 | Modified: Oct 09, 2019
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

ExpressionEngine version 2.x < 2.11.8 and version 3.x < 3.5.5 create an object signing token with weak entropy. Successfully guessing the token can lead to remote code execution.

Weakness

The product uses an algorithm or scheme that produces insufficient entropy, leaving patterns or clusters of values that are more likely to occur than others.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.0.0-public_beta (including) 2.0.0-public_beta (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.0.1-public_beta (including) 2.0.1-public_beta (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.0.2-public_beta (including) 2.0.2-public_beta (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.1.0 (including) 2.1.0 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.1.1 (including) 2.1.1 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.1.2 (including) 2.1.2 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.1.3 (including) 2.1.3 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.1.4 (including) 2.1.4 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.1.5 (including) 2.1.5 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.2.0 (including) 2.2.0 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.2.1 (including) 2.2.1 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.2.2 (including) 2.2.2 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.3.0 (including) 2.3.0 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.3.1 (including) 2.3.1 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.4.0 (including) 2.4.0 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.5.0 (including) 2.5.0 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.5.1 (including) 2.5.1 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.5.2 (including) 2.5.2 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.5.3 (including) 2.5.3 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.5.4 (including) 2.5.4 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.5.5 (including) 2.5.5 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.6.0 (including) 2.6.0 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.6.1 (including) 2.6.1 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.7.0 (including) 2.7.0 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.7.1 (including) 2.7.1 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.7.2 (including) 2.7.2 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.7.3 (including) 2.7.3 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.8.0 (including) 2.8.0 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.8.1 (including) 2.8.1 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.9.0 (including) 2.9.0 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.9.1 (including) 2.9.1 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.9.2 (including) 2.9.2 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.9.3 (including) 2.9.3 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.10.0 (including) 2.10.0 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.10.1 (including) 2.10.1 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.10.2 (including) 2.10.2 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.10.3 (including) 2.10.3 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.11.0 (including) 2.11.0 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.11.1 (including) 2.11.1 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.11.2 (including) 2.11.2 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.11.3 (including) 2.11.3 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.11.4 (including) 2.11.4 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.11.5 (including) 2.11.5 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.11.6 (including) 2.11.6 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 2.11.7 (including) 2.11.7 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.0.0 (including) 3.0.0 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.0.1 (including) 3.0.1 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.0.2 (including) 3.0.2 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.0.3 (including) 3.0.3 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.0.4 (including) 3.0.4 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.0.5 (including) 3.0.5 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.0.6 (including) 3.0.6 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.1.0 (including) 3.1.0 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.1.1 (including) 3.1.1 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.1.2 (including) 3.1.2 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.1.3 (including) 3.1.3 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.1.4 (including) 3.1.4 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.2.0 (including) 3.2.0 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.2.1 (including) 3.2.1 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.3.0 (including) 3.3.0 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.3.1 (including) 3.3.1 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.3.2 (including) 3.3.2 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.3.3 (including) 3.3.3 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.3.4 (including) 3.3.4 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.4.0 (including) 3.4.0 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.4.1 (including) 3.4.1 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.4.2 (including) 3.4.2 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.4.3 (including) 3.4.3 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.4.4 (including) 3.4.4 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.4.5 (including) 3.4.5 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.4.6 (including) 3.4.6 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.4.7 (including) 3.4.7 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.5.0 (including) 3.5.0 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.5.1 (including) 3.5.1 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.5.2 (including) 3.5.2 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.5.3 (including) 3.5.3 (including)
Expressionengine Expressionengine 3.5.4 (including) 3.5.4 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References