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Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:28:16 -0700
From: Kurt Seifried <kseifried@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: "Christey, Steven M." <coley@...re.org>,
        security curmudgeon <jericho@...rition.org>
Subject: Re: Two more ZoneMinder that need CVE

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On 02/21/2013 01:03 PM, Christey, Steven M. wrote:
> Actually, CVE covers default accounts and passwords, although known
> passwords from 1999 and earlier are not covered.
> 
> While this is arguably "configuration," in 2013, products are
> expected to have other mechanisms of securing themselves out of the
> box, such as forcing a credentials change during installation, plus
> there is usually a race condition between when the product is
> installed and when the administrator changes the credentials.
> 
> - Steve

So then as I said in:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q1/155

> 1) The default account/password is well documented. The services 
> forces you to change the password when first run and will refuse
> to run until you do change the password. Generally not considered a
> vuln.

> 2) The default account/password is well documented. The services
> does not force you to change the password when first run. Generally
> not considered a vuln as it falls into the "don't do stupid things"
> class of issues.

#2 needs a CVE?

> 3) The default account/password is not well documented or not 
> documented at all but can be changed. Generally this would be 
> considered a vulnerability.

> 4) The default account/password is not well documented or not 
> documented at all and can NOT be changed. Generally this would be 
> considered a vulnerability.



- -- 
Kurt Seifried Red Hat Security Response Team (SRT)
PGP: 0x5E267993 A90B F995 7350 148F 66BF 7554 160D 4553 5E26 7993

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