OnlineVotingSystem is an open source project hosted on GitHub. OnlineVotingSystem before version 1.1.2 hashes user passwords without a salt, which is vulnerable to dictionary attacks. Therefore there is a threat of security breach in the voting system. Without a salt, it is much easier for attackers to pre-compute the hash value using dictionary attack techniques such as rainbow tables to crack passwords. This problem is fixed and published in version 1.1.2. A long randomly generated salt is added to the password hash function to better protect passwords stored in the voting system.
References
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https://github.com/dbijaya/OnlineVotingSystem/commit/0181cb0272857696c8eb3e44fcf6cb014ff90f09 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/dbijaya/OnlineVotingSystem/security/advisories/GHSA-wwg8-372v-v332 | Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2021-01-21T14:20:16
Updated: 2021-01-21T14:20:16
Reserved: 2020-12-22T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-21253
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NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2021-01-21T15:15:14.580
Modified: 2022-10-24T20:58:09.827
Link: CVE-2021-21253
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