CVE-2013-4165

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None

Description

The HTTPAuthorized function in bitcoinrpc.cpp in bitcoind 0.8.1 provides information about authentication failure upon detecting the first incorrect byte of a password, which makes it easier for remote attackers to determine passwords via a timing side-channel attack.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2013-4165

Assigner
secalert@redhat.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2013-08-02T12:10:40

Last Modified Date
2020-03-18T17:38:29

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-200	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.8.1:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/25/5
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/2845
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/2838

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4165
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4165

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:47:00				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-01 19:15:30	2013-08-02T12:10Z	2013-08-02T12:10:40	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-01 19:15:30		2020-03-18T17:38:29	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-01 19:15:30		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated