CVE-2013-0941: rsa authentication_agent Cryptographic Issues

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-0941 is a low (CVSS 2.1) Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in rsa authentication_agent. EPSS estimates a 1.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 22-05-2013
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 17-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

EMC RSA Authentication API before 8.1 SP1, RSA Web Agent before 5.3.5 for Apache Web Server, RSA Web Agent before 5.3.5 for IIS, RSA PAM Agent before 7.0, and RSA Agent before 6.1.4 for Microsoft Windows use an improper encryption algorithm and a weak key for maintaining the stored data of the node secret for the SecurID Authentication API, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via cryptographic attacks on this data.

• CWE-310Cryptographic IssuesWeaknesses in this category are related to the design and implementation of data confidentiality and integrity. Frequently these deal with the use of encoding techniques, encryption libraries, and hashing algorithms. The weaknesses in this category could lead to a degradation of the quality data if they are not addressed.