PYSEC-2014-50

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    PYSEC-2014-50

    Published: 3 Nov 2014Last Modified: 10 Jun 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The error pages in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allow remote attackers to obtain random numbers and derive the PRNG state for password resets via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT per ADT2 due to different vulnerability types. CVE-2012-6661 was assigned for the PRNG reseeding issue in Zope.

    References: https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.2.3/docs/CHANGES.txt, https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/24, https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121124, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/1, https://bugs.launchpad.net/zope2/+bug/1071067, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wprr-mc54-c62q

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: plone

    Purl: pkg:pypi/plone

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.2.3

    Affected versions

    3.2
    3.2.1
    3.2.2
    3.2.3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High