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CVE-2014-0083

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-0083 describes a weak salt generation vulnerability in the Ruby net-ldap gem prior to version 0.11, impacting Debian Linux distributions. This flaw, rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), allows a local attacker with low privileges to potentially compromise confidentiality by exploiting the insecure SSHA password hashing. Despite the potential for high confidentiality impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.16.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:net-ldap_project:net-ldap:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
20.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0028 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 15,937 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: net-ldapFixed in: 0.16.2

Vendor Advisories (2)

rubygemsGHSA-qwgm-mxm4-3q2cmedium

net-ldap has weak salt when generating passwords

May 24, 2022
redhatCVE-2014-0083Low

rubygem-net-ldap: SSHA passwords generated by the net-ldap Ruby gem use a weak salt

Feb 12, 2014

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.suse.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / ruby-ldap/ruby-net-ldap/commit/b412ca05f6b430eaa1ce97ac95885b4cf187b04a
Patch
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2014-0083
Third Party Advisory