CVEvulnerability

CVE-2004-0243

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2004-11-23 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2004-11-23
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-203

Description

AIX 4.3.3 through AIX 5.1, when direct remote login is disabled, displays a different message if the password is correct, which allows remote attackers to guess the password via brute force methods.

Affected configurations

• ibm aix • ibm aix (>= 4.3.3 <= 5.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-203 Observable Discrepancy weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

  • CWE-203 Observable Discrepancy weakness
  • CWE-204 Observable Response Discrepancy weakness

References