CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-2139
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-05-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
The rootpw plugin in rPath Appliance Platform Agent 2 and 3 does not re-validate requests from a browser with a valid administrator session, including requests to change the password, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to gain privileges and maintain control over the administrator account.
Affected configurations
• rpath appliance platform agent 2
• rpath appliance platform agent 3
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0148 wiki.rpath.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42393 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42394 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0148 wiki.rpath.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42393 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42394 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com