CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-40761
5.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2024-09-25
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-326
Description
Inadequate Encryption Strength vulnerability in Apache Answer.
This issue affects Apache Answer: through 1.3.5.
Using the MD5 value of a user's email to access Gravatar is insecure and can lead to the leakage of user email. The official recommendation is to use SHA256 instead.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.4.0, which fixes the issue.
Affected configurations
• apache answer (<= 1.3.5)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength weakness
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/mmrhsfy16qwrw0pkv0p9kj40vy3sg08x Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/25/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/25/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/25/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/25/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/25/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/26/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/26/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/26/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/27/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/27/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/27/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory