Insufficient Password Encoding in PLANET Technology's swctrl Service Exposes User Passwords to Unauthorized Access
CVE-2024-8455

5.9MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Planet Technology

Status
Gs-4210-24pl4c Hardware 2.0
Gs-4210-24p2s Hardware 3.0
Igs-5225-4up1t2s Hardware 1.0
Vendor
CVE Published:
30 September 2024

What is CVE-2024-8455?

The swctrl service is used to detect and remotely manage PLANET Technology devices. For certain switch models, the authentication tokens used during communication with this service are encoded user passwords. Due to insufficient strength, unauthorized remote attackers who intercept the packets can directly crack them to obtain plaintext passwords.

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Affected Version(s)

GS-4210-24P2S hardware 3.0 0 < 3.305b240802

GS-4210-24PL4C hardware 2.0 0 < 2.305b240719

IGS-5225-4UP1T2S hardware 1.0 0

References

https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-8059-bde5f-1.html
third-party-advisory
https://www.twcert.org.tw/en/cp-139-8060-f3955-2.html
third-party-advisory

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.9
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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