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Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

CVE-2009-5140

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

The SIP implementation on the Linksys SPA2102 phone adapter provides hashed credentials in a response to an invalid authentication challenge, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack, related to a "SIP Digest Leak" issue.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

CWE-307 - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

The software does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within in a short time frame, making it more susceptible to brute force attacks.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published