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CVE-2012-5508

N/A
Published: November 3, 2014 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:46 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPlone

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

The error pages in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allow remote attackers to obtain random numbers and derive the PRNG state for password resets via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT per ADT2 due to different vulnerability types. CVE-2012-6661 was assigned for the PRNG reseeding issue in Zope.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (5)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/1
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/zope2/+bug/1071067
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.2.3/docs/CHANGES.txt
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121124
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/24

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200

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