Inadequate Encryption Strength in Apache Answer
CVE-2024-40761

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor

Apache
Status
Apache Answer
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 September 2024

What is CVE-2024-40761?

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 Version(s)

Apache Answer 0 <= 1.3.5

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/mmrhsfy16qwrw0pkv0p9kj40v...
vendor-advisory

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

张岳熙
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CVE-2024-40761 : Inadequate Encryption Strength in Apache Answer