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Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

CVE-2019-3746

High
8.8/10

Summary

Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance versions prior to 2.3 do not limit the number of authentication attempts to the ACM API. An authenticated remote user may exploit this vulnerability to launch a brute-force authentication attack in order to gain access to the system.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

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