CVE-2024-8453

PLANET Technology switch devices - Weak hash for users' passwords

Published Sep 30, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 4.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Certain switch models from PLANET Technology use an insecure hashing function to hash user passwords without being salted. Remote attackers with administrator privileges can read configuration files to obtain the hash values, and potentially crack them to retrieve the plaintext passwords.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update firmware of GS-4210-24PL4C hardware 2.0 to version 2.305b240719 or later. Update firmware of GS-4210-24P2S hardware 3.0 to version 3.305b240802 or later.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-49187 Certain switch models from PLANET Technology use an insecure hashing function to hash user passwords without being salted. Remote attackers with administrator privileges can read configuration files to obtain the hash values, and potentially crack them to retrieve the plaintext passwords.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Planet
Planet gs-4210-24p2s
Planet gs-4210-24p2s Firmware
Planet gs-4210-24pl4c
Planet gs-4210-24pl4c Firmware
CPEs cpe:2.3:h:planet:gs-4210-24p2s:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:planet:gs-4210-24pl4c:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:planet:gs-4210-24p2s_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:planet:gs-4210-24pl4c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Planet
Planet gs-4210-24p2s
Planet gs-4210-24p2s Firmware
Planet gs-4210-24pl4c
Planet gs-4210-24pl4c Firmware
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Certain switch models from PLANET Technology use an insecure hashing function to hash user passwords without being salted. Remote attackers with administrator privileges can read configuration files to obtain the hash values, and potentially crack them to retrieve the plaintext passwords.
Title PLANET Technology switch devices - Weak hash for users' passwords
Weaknesses CWE-328
CWE-759
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
twcert
Published
Updated
Sep 30, 2024, 3:47 PM
Reserved
Sep 5, 2024, 2:53 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Sep 30, 2024, 8:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 8:22 AM