Security Advisory

CVE-2024-40761

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2024-09-25 07:31:08
Last updated 2024-09-27 19:02:34
Assigner apache
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

Inadequate Encryption Strength vulnerability in Apache Answer. This issue affects Apache Answer: through 1.3.5. Using the MD5 value of a user's email to access Gravatar is insecure and can lead to the leakage of user email. The official recommendation is to use SHA256 instead. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.4.0, which fixes the issue.