Insufficient Entropy in Authentication Implementation on Siemens SCALANCE X-200 Switches

Insufficient Entropy in Authentication Implementation on Siemens SCALANCE X-200 Switches

CVE-2013-5709 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:C

The authentication implementation in the web server on Siemens SCALANCE X-200 switches with firmware before 5.0.0 does not use a sufficient source of entropy for generating values of random numbers, which makes it easier for remote attackers to hijack sessions by predicting a value.

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