CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-8956

Weak Password Requirements

Published: Oct 27, 2020 | Modified: Oct 27, 2020
CVSS 3.x
3.3
LOW
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
1.9 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Pulse Secure Desktop Client 9.0Rx before 9.0R5 and 9.1Rx before 9.1R4 on Windows reveals users passwords if Save Settings is enabled.

Weakness

The product does not require that users should have strong passwords, which makes it easier for attackers to compromise user accounts.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Pulse_secure_desktop Pulsesecure 9.0r1.0 (including) 9.0r1.0 (including)
Pulse_secure_desktop Pulsesecure 9.0r2.0 (including) 9.0r2.0 (including)
Pulse_secure_desktop Pulsesecure 9.0r2.1 (including) 9.0r2.1 (including)
Pulse_secure_desktop Pulsesecure 9.0r3.0 (including) 9.0r3.0 (including)
Pulse_secure_desktop Pulsesecure 9.0r3.1 (including) 9.0r3.1 (including)
Pulse_secure_desktop Pulsesecure 9.0r4.0 (including) 9.0r4.0 (including)
Pulse_secure_desktop Pulsesecure 9.0r4.1 (including) 9.0r4.1 (including)
Pulse_secure_desktop Pulsesecure 9.1r1.0 (including) 9.1r1.0 (including)
Pulse_secure_desktop Pulsesecure 9.1r2.0 (including) 9.1r2.0 (including)
Pulse_secure_desktop Pulsesecure 9.1r3.0 (including) 9.1r3.0 (including)
Pulse_secure_desktop Pulsesecure 9.1r3.1 (including) 9.1r3.1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

  • A product’s design should require adherance to an appropriate password policy. Specific password requirements depend strongly on contextual factors, but it is recommended to contain the following attributes:

  • Depending on the threat model, the password policy may include several additional attributes.

  • See NIST 800-63B [REF-1053] for further information on password requirements.

References