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 products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Apache Software Foundation Apache Answer
Default version status: unaffected
0 to ≤ 1.3.5affected
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/mmrhsfy16qwrw0pkv0p9kj40vy3sg08x ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/25/2 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/25/5 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/25/6 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/25/7 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/25/8 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/26/1 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/26/3 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/26/4 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/27/4 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/27/5 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/27/8 ↗