# CVE-2011-0009: Best Practical Solutions RT 3.x before 3.8.9rc2 and 4.x before 4.0.0rc4 uses the MD5 algorithm for password hashes, which makes it easier fo

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2011-01-25 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Best Practical Solutions RT 3.x before 3.8.9rc2 and 4.x before 4.0.0rc4 uses the MD5 algorithm for password hashes, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to determine cleartext passwords via a brute-force attack on the database.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2150
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=610850
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0576
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672250
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43438
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054740.html
- http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2011-January/000185.html
- http://osvdb.org/70661
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0190
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0475
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45959
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E

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