CVE-2013-3271

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-08-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-255

Description

EMC RSA Authentication Agent for PAM 7.0 before 7.0.2.1 enforces the maximum number of login attempts within the PAM-enabled application codebase, instead of within the Agent codebase, which makes it easier for remote attackers to discover correct login credentials via a brute-force attack.

Affected products

EMC Rsa Authentication Agent: 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-08/0123.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-08/0123.html

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