The code that performs password matching when using 'Basic' HTTP authentication does not use a constant-time memcmp and has no rate-limiting. This means that an unauthenticated network attacker can brute-force the HTTP basic password, byte-by-byte, by recording the webserver's response time until the unauthorized (401) response.
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References
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https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/issues/304 |
History
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: JFROG
Published: 2022-01-25T19:11:17
Updated: 2024-08-04T03:55:28.938Z
Reserved: 2021-11-03T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-43298
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2022-01-25T20:15:08.510
Modified: 2024-11-21T06:29:01.873
Link: CVE-2021-43298
Redhat
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