FKIE_CVE-2008-1484

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-03-24 23:44 - Updated: 2026-04-23 00:35
Severity
Summary
The password reset feature in PunBB 1.2.16 and earlier uses predictable random numbers based on the system time, which allows remote authenticated users to determine the new password via a brute force attack on a seed that is based on the approximate creation time of the targeted account. NOTE: this issue might be related to CVE-2006-5737.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/45561
cve@mitre.orghttp://punbb.org/download/changelogs/1.2.16_to_1.2.17.txt
cve@mitre.orghttp://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=18460
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/29043Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-01.txt
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488408/100/200/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27908Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5165
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/45561
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://punbb.org/download/changelogs/1.2.16_to_1.2.17.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=18460
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/29043Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-01.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488408/100/200/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27908Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5165
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
punbb punbb 1.0
punbb punbb 1.0.1
punbb punbb 1.0_alpha
punbb punbb 1.0_beta1
punbb punbb 1.0_beta2
punbb punbb 1.0_beta3
punbb punbb 1.0_rc1
punbb punbb 1.0_rc2
punbb punbb 1.1
punbb punbb 1.1.1
punbb punbb 1.1.2
punbb punbb 1.1.3
punbb punbb 1.1.4
punbb punbb 1.1.5
punbb punbb 1.2
punbb punbb 1.2.1
punbb punbb 1.2.2
punbb punbb 1.2.3
punbb punbb 1.2.4
punbb punbb 1.2.5
punbb punbb 1.2.6
punbb punbb 1.2.7
punbb punbb 1.2.8
punbb punbb 1.2.9
punbb punbb 1.2.10
punbb punbb 1.2.11
punbb punbb 1.2.12
punbb punbb 1.2.13
punbb punbb 1.2.14
punbb punbb 1.2.15
punbb punbb 1.2.16
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