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ghsa-48cr-j2cx-mcr8

Vulnerability from github

Published

2024-09-25 09:30

Modified

2024-09-25 14:31

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
6.9 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Green

Summary

Apache Answer: Avatar URL leaked user email addresses

Details

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.

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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Go",
        "name": "github.com/apache/incubator-answer"
      },
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            {
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  "id": "GHSA-48cr-j2cx-mcr8",
  "modified": "2024-09-25T14:31:51Z",
  "published": "2024-09-25T09:30:46Z",
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    },
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      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Apache Answer: Avatar URL leaked user email addresses"
}

cve-2024-40761

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2024-09-25 07:31

Modified

2024-09-27 19:02

Severity ?

Summary

Apache Answer: Avatar URL leaked user email addresses

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://lists.apache.org/thread/mmrhsfy16qwrw0pkv0p9kj40vy3sg08x	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

▼

Apache Software Foundation

Apache Answer

Version: 0 ≤ 1.3.5

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