National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2000-0572
Original release date:07/05/2000
Last revised:09/10/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The Razor configuration management tool uses weak encryption for its password file, which allows local users to gain privileges.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Razor (02/22/2007)
-
Subsequent releases of Razor address this issue and utilize a more robust encryption mechanism for the Razor password. If you are under maintenance, you have the option of upgrading to a more recent release of Razor at no cost. If you are not under maintenance and want to upgrade then you will need to contact Jennifer Stone at jstone@visible.com.
Some additional notes ...
- With version 4.1 and above, administrators of Razor may switch and use the local OS authentication instead of Razor’s authentication method.
- OS permissions and protections always apply to the artifacts stored in the database.
- This notice applies to users that have already logged into the supporting system. This primary means of defense is intact inspite of this particular vulnerability.
- The next Razor release (due out in mid-2007) will allow remote UNIX clients to utilize SSH to authenticate the remote user. More information on this release and others may be found on the Visible Systems web site:
http://www.visible.com/Products/Razor
Please contact Visible Systems Corporation at 1-800-6-VISIBLE if you have additional questions.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
By selecting these links, you will be leaving NIST webspace. We have provided these links to other web sites because they may have information that would be of interest to you. No inferences should be drawn on account of other sites being referenced, or not, from this page. There may be other web sites that are more appropriate for your purpose. NIST does not necessarily endorse the views expressed, or concur with the facts presented on these sites. Further, NIST does not endorse any commercial products that may be mentioned on these sites. Please address comments about this page to nvd@nist.gov.
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20000704 Recovering Passwords in Visible Systems' Razor
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 1424
