CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-29055

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Published: Nov 24, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.9
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

An issue was discovered on CDATA 72408A, 9008A, 9016A, 92408A, 92416A, 9288, 97016, 97024P, 97028P, 97042P, 97084P, 97168P, FD1002S, FD1104, FD1104B, FD1104S, FD1104SN, FD1108S, FD1204S-R2, FD1204SN, FD1204SN-R2, FD1208S-R2, FD1216S-R1, FD1608GS, FD1608SN, FD1616GS, FD1616SN, and FD8000 devices. By default, the appliance can be managed remotely only with HTTP, telnet, and SNMP. It doesnt support SSL/TLS for HTTP or SSH. An attacker can intercept passwords sent in cleartext and conduct man-in-the-middle attacks on the management of the appliance.

Weakness

The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
72408a_firmware Cdatatec 1.2.2 (including) 1.2.2 (including)
72408a_firmware Cdatatec 2.4.03_000 (including) 2.4.03_000 (including)
72408a_firmware Cdatatec 2.4.04_001 (including) 2.4.04_001 (including)
72408a_firmware Cdatatec 2.4.05_000 (including) 2.4.05_000 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References