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

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2017-8342-radicale-is-vulnerable-to-timing-oracles-and-simple-bruteforce  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2017-04-30  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

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)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/radicale). Vendors: [PyPI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/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

  ```sh
  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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