CVE-2008-1396

Description

Plone CMS 3.1.x uses invariant data (a client username and a server secret) when calculating an HMAC-SHA1 value for an authentication cookie, which makes it easier for remote attackers to gain permanent access to an account by sniffing the network.

Affected packages (1)

• PyPI/plonefrom 0, <= 3.1.7

References (6)

• ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1396
• WEBhttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/3754
• WEBhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41421
• WEBhttps://github.com/plone/Plone
• WEBhttp://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_Plone_CMS.pdf
• WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489544/100/0/threaded