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Observable Discrepancy

CVE-2001-1483

Severity Medium
Score 5/10

Summary

One-Time Passwords In Everything (a.k.a OPIE) 2.32 and 2.4 allows remote attackers to determine the existence of user accounts by printing random passphrases if the user account does not exist and static passphrases if the user account does exist.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

CWE-203 - Observable Discrepancy

The product behaves differently or sends different responses under different circumstances in a way that is observable to an unauthorized actor, which exposes security-relevant information about the state of the product, such as whether a particular operation was successful or not.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published