CVE-2011-2190
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
The generate_admin_password function in Cherokee before 1.2.99 uses time and PID values for seeding of a random number generator, which makes it easier for local users to determine admin passwords via a brute-force attack.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-310
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (26th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-2181)
- Published
- October 7, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-2181 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- cherokee-project / cherokee
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References
- http://code.google.com/p/cherokee/issues/detail?id=1212(Patch)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/066222.html
- http://www.cherokee-project.com/download/LATEST_is_1.2.99/cherokee-1.2.99.tar.gz(Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/03/4(Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/21(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49772
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=713304(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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