CVE-2011-2190

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-10-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

The generate_admin_password function in Cherokee before 1.2.99 uses time and PID values for seeding of a random number generator, which makes it easier for local users to determine admin passwords via a brute-force attack.

Affected products

Cherokee-Project Cherokee: through 1.2.98; 0.3.0, 0.4.0, 0.4.1, 0.4.2, 0.4.3, 0.4.4 (+130)

References

http://code.google.com/p/cherokee/issues/detail?id=1212
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/066222.html
http://www.cherokee-project.com/download/LATEST_is_1.2.99/cherokee-1.2.99.tar.gz
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/03/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/21
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49772
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=713304
http://code.google.com/p/cherokee/issues/detail?id=1212
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/066222.html
http://www.cherokee-project.com/download/LATEST_is_1.2.99/cherokee-1.2.99.tar.gz
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/03/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/21

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