CVE-2011-2190

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Published 2011-10-07 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

2.1

Description

The generate_admin_password function in Cherokee before 1.2.99 uses time and PID values for seeding of a random number generator, which makes it easier for local users to determine admin passwords via a brute-force attack.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
cherokee-project	cherokee	`{"endIncluding":"1.2.98"}`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.3.0`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.0`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.1`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.2`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.3`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.4`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.5`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.6`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.7`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.8`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.9`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.10`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.11`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.12`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.13`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.14`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.15`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.16`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.17`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.18`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.19`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.20`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.21`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.22`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.23`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.24`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.25`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.26`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.27`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.28`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.29`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.4.30`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.5.0`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.5.1`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.5.2`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.5.3`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.5.4`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.5.5`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.5.6`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.6.0`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.6.1`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.7.0`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.7.1`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.7.2`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.8.0`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.8.1`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.9.0`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.9.1`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.9.2`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.9.3`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.9.4`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.10.0`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.10.1`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.11.0`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.11.1`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.11.2`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.11.3`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.11.4`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.11.5`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.11.6`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.98.0`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.98.1`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.0`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.1`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.2`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.3`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.4`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.5`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.6`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.07`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.8`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.9`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.10`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.11`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.12`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.13`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.14`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.15`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.16`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.17`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.18`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.19`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.20`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.21`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.22`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.23`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.24`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.25`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.26`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.27`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.28`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.29`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.30`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.31`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.32`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.33`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.34`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.35`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.36`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.37`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.38`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.39`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.40`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.41`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.42`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.43`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.44`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.45`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.46`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.47`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.48`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`0.99.49`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.0.0`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.0.1`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.0.2`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.0.3`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.0.4`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.0.5`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.0.6`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.0.7`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.0.8`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.0.9`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.0.10`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.0.11`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.0.12`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.0.13`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.0.14`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.0.15`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.0.16`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.0.17`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.0.18`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.0.19`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.0.20`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.2.0`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.2.1`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.2.2`

References

CWEs

CWE-310

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.