CVE-2004-1697 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The "Forgot your Password" link in Computer Associates (CA) Unicenter Management Portal 2.0 and 3.1 displays different error messages for users that exist and users that do not exist, which could allow remote attackers to guess valid usernames.

Published: 2005-02-20

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ca:unicenter_management:portal_2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ca:unicenter_management:portal_3.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-1691	The "Forgot your Password" link in Computer Associates (CA) Unicenter Management Portal 2.0 and 3.1 displays different error messages for users that exist and users that do not exist, which could allow remote attackers to guess valid usernames.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00741.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109579952809320&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/12620
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11229
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17464

History

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Subscriptions

Ca Unicenter Management

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-20T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:00:37.239Z

Reserved: 2005-02-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-1697

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-09-21T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-1697

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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