Description
On the OSNEXUS QuantaStor v4 virtual appliance before 4.3.1, a flaw was found with the error message sent as a response for users that don't exist on the system. An attacker could leverage this information to fine-tune and enumerate valid accounts on the system by searching for common usernames.
Published: 2017-08-28
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: 16.4% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Osnexus Quantastor
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T17:25:00.517Z

Reserved: 2017-06-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-9978

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-08-28T19:29:01.463

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-9978

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