CVE-2024-40761 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2024-40761

Apache Answer: Avatar URL leaked user email addresses

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • 张岳熙

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Affected Vendor

Apache Software Foundation

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Affected Software

Apache Answer
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: September 25th, 2024
Last Modified: September 27th, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-326

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.