Vulnerability in Ethz Xquest
CVE-2016-4980
A password generation weakness exists in xquest through 2016-06-13.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 2.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (22.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 22.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Ethz Xquest
- Xguest — versions through 2016-06-13
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 23
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 6.0, 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4980 (Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/…
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-4980?
- CVE-2016-4980 is a low-severity vulnerability in Ethz Xquest, classified under Use of Insufficiently Random Values. CVSS score: 2.5/10. Published 2019-11-27.
- How severe is CVE-2016-4980?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.5 out of 10.