Vulnerability CVE-2013-3271


Published: 2013-08-28   Modified: 2013-08-29

Description:
EMC RSA Authentication Agent for PAM 7.0 before 7.0.2.1 enforces the maximum number of login attempts within the PAM-enabled application codebase, instead of within the Agent codebase, which makes it easier for remote attackers to discover correct login credentials via a brute-force attack.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
RSA Authentication Agent For Pam Unlimited Login Attempts
RSA
21.08.2013

Type:

CWE-255

(Credentials Management)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
EMC -> Rsa authentication agent 

 References:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-08/0123.html

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