Vulnerabilities > CVE-2011-0442 - Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in EMC Avamar
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
SINGLE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
The service utility in EMC Avamar 5.x before 5.0.4 uses cleartext to transmit event details in (1) service requests and (2) e-mail messages, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 6 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Signature Spoofing by Key Recreation An attacker obtains an authoritative or reputable signer's private signature key by exploiting a cryptographic weakness in the signature algorithm or pseudorandom number generation and then uses this key to forge signatures from the original signer to mislead a victim into performing actions that benefit the attacker.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43797
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8139
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517022/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46879
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025213
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0677
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0678
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66109