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CVE-2021-27457 (GCVE-0-2021-27457)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-05-20 11:51 – Updated: 2024-08-03 20:48
VLAI
Summary
A vulnerability has been found in multiple revisions of Emerson Rosemount X-STREAM Gas Analyzer. The affected products utilize a weak encryption algorithm for storage of sensitive data, which may allow an attacker to more easily obtain credentials used for access.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-326 - INADEQUATE ENCRYPTION STRENGTH CWE-326
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Emerson Rosemount X-STREAM Gas Analyzer Affected: X-STREAM enhanced XEGP – all revisions, X-STREAM enhanced XEGK – all revisions, X-STREAM enhanced XEFD – all revisions, X-STREAM enhanced XEXF – all revisions
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