CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-28616

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Published: Dec 26, 2023 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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An issue was discovered in Stormshield Network Security (SNS) before 4.3.17, 4.4.x through 4.6.x before 4.6.4, and 4.7.x before 4.7.1. It affects user accounts for which the password has an equals sign or space character. The serverd process logs such passwords in cleartext, and potentially sends these logs to the Syslog component.

Weakness

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

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Stormshield_network_securityStormshield2.7.0 (including)4.3.17 (excluding)
Stormshield_network_securityStormshield4.4.0 (including)4.6.4 (excluding)
Stormshield_network_securityStormshield4.7.0 (including)4.7.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

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