CVE-2017-8342: Radicale is vulnerable to timing oracles and simple bruteforce attacks

CVE-2017-8342 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2017-04-30

Radicale before 1.1.2 and 2.x before 2.0.0rc2 is prone to timing oracles and simple brute-force attacks when using the htpasswd authentication method.

Technologies: radicale (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2017-8342 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2017-8342 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2017-8342?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 30 April 2017.
Which products and versions are affected?
radicale (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.1.2, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=190b1dd795f0c552a4992445a231da760211183b,fixed=059ba8dec1f22ccbeab837e288b3833a099cee2d|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.1.2.
Is there a fix for CVE-2017-8342?
Yes. radicale (PyPI): upgrade to 1.1.2 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2017-8342?
Check whether you run radicale (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • radicale (PyPI): upgrade to 1.1.2 or later
    pip install "radicale>=1.1.2"

Affected products

  • radicale (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.1.2, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=190b1dd795f0c552a4992445a231da760211183b,fixed=059ba8dec1f22ccbeab837e288b3833a099cee2d|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.1.2

Identifiers

  • CVE-2017-8342
  • GHSA-rpv4-63g3-9x23
  • PYSEC-2017-102

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