CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-3084

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The password reset flow in UAA in Cloud Foundry and other mentioned versions is vulnerable to brute force attacks due to the ability to have multiple active codes at the same time. This vulnerability only applies when using the UAA internal user store for authentication.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to unauthorized access to user accounts, potentially leading to data breaches or other serious security incidents.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to the latest versions of UAA and Cloud Foundry to mitigate this vulnerability. Additionally, consider using external authentication systems such as SAML or LDAP.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The UAA reset password flow in Cloud Foundry release v236 and earlier versions, UAA release v3.3.0 and earlier versions, all versions of Login-server, UAA release v10 and earlier versions and Pivotal Elastic Runtime versions prior to 1.7.2 is vulnerable to a brute force attack due to multiple active codes at a given time. This vulnerability is applicable only when using the UAA internal user store for authentication. Deployments enabled for integration via SAML or LDAP are not affected.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS