The CMP CLI client in KeyFactor EJBCA before 8.3.1 has only 6 octets of salt, and is thus not compliant with the security requirements of RFC 4211, and might make man-in-the-middle attacks easier. CMP includes password-based MAC as one of the options for message integrity and authentication (the other option is certificate-based). RFC 4211 section 4.4 requires that password-based MAC parameters use a salt with a random value of at least 8 octets. This helps to inhibit dictionary attacks. Because the standalone CMP client originally was developed as test code, the salt was instead hardcoded and only 6 octets long.

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Wed, 18 Sep 2024 20:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Keyfactor
Keyfactor ejbca
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:keyfactor:ejbca:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Keyfactor ejbca
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{'score': 3.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


Thu, 12 Sep 2024 21:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description The CMP CLI client in KeyFactor EJBCA before 8.3.1 has only 6 octets of salt, and is thus not compliant with the security requirements of RFC 4211, and might make man-in-the-middle attacks easier. CMP includes password-based MAC as one of the options for message integrity and authentication (the other option is certificate-based). RFC 4211 section 4.4 requires that password-based MAC parameters use a salt with a random value of at least 8 octets. This helps to inhibit dictionary attacks. Because the standalone CMP client originally was developed as test code, the salt was instead hardcoded and only 6 octets long.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-03-25T16:10:43.486Z

Reserved: 2024-05-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-36066

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-09-12T20:19:48.754Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-09-12T19:15:03.567

Modified: 2025-03-25T17:15:56.690

Link: CVE-2024-36066

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