CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-5469

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

Published: Mar 06, 2018 | Modified: Oct 09, 2019
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

An Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts issue was discovered in Belden Hirschmann RS, RSR, RSB, MACH100, MACH1000, MACH4000, MS, and OCTOPUS Classic Platform Switches. An improper restriction of excessive authentication vulnerability in the web interface has been identified, which may allow an attacker to brute force authentication.

Weakness

The product does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within a short time frame, making it more susceptible to brute force attacks.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Hirschmann_rs20-0900mmm2tdau Belden - (including) - (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-0900nnm4tdau Belden - (including) - (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-0900vvm2tdau Belden - (including) - (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-1600l2l2sdau Belden - (including) - (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-1600l2m2sdau Belden - (including) - (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-1600l2s2sdau Belden - (including) - (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-1600l2t1sdau Belden - (including) - (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-1600m2m2sdau Belden - (including) - (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-1600m2t1sdau Belden - (including) - (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-1600s2m2sdau Belden - (including) - (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-1600s2s2sdau Belden - (including) - (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-1600s2t1sdau Belden - (including) - (including)

Potential Mitigations

  • Common protection mechanisms include:

  • Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.

  • Consider using libraries with authentication capabilities such as OpenSSL or the ESAPI Authenticator. [REF-45]

References