Hospira MedNet before 6.1 uses hardcoded cryptographic keys for protection of data transmission from infusion pumps, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-5291 Hospira MedNet before 6.1 uses hardcoded cryptographic keys for protection of data transmission from infusion pumps, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.
Fixes

Solution

Hospira has developed a new version of the MedNet software, MedNet 6.1. Hospira reports that MedNet 6.1 no longer uses hard-coded passwords, hard-coded cryptographic keys, and no longer stores passwords in clear text. Existing versions of MedNet can be upgraded to MedNet 6.1. Hospira has produced mitigation recommendations that help mitigate the vulnerability in the vulnerable version of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform software, used in the MedNet software. This has been addressed by Hospira through issuance of the following knowledge based articles: Improving Security in Hospira MedNet 5.5 (August 2014) and Improving Security in Hospira MedNet 5.8 (August 2014). For additional information about Hospira’s new releases and mitigation recommendations, contact Hospira’s technical support at 1-800-241-4002.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 18:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Hospira MedNet Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
Weaknesses CWE-321
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 5.0, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV2_0

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: icscert

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T18:22:39.434Z

Reserved: 2014-08-22T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-5403

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-04-03T10:59:01.227

Modified: 2025-11-03T19:15:38.217

Link: CVE-2014-5403

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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