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CVE-2018-5261

HIGH
8.1CVSS
Published: 2018-02-02
Updated: 2024-11-21
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Description

An issue was discovered in Flexense DiskBoss 8.8.16 and earlier. Due to the usage of plaintext information from the handshake as input for the encryption key used for the encryption of the rest of the session, the server and client disclose sensitive information, such as the authentication credentials, to any man-in-the-middle (MiTM) listener.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
high
Privileges
none
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
high
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-311

Metadata

Primary Vendor
FLEXENSE
Published
2/2/2018
Last Modified
11/21/2024
Source
NIST NVD
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Affected Products

flexense : diskboss

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