CVE-2014-2516
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedOpen redirect vulnerability in EMC RSA Authentication Manager 8.x before 8.1 Patch 6 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via unspecified vectors.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceOpen redirect vulnerability in EMC RSA Authentication Manager 8.x before patch 8.1 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary external websites via unspecified vectors, enabling phishing attacks that appear to originate from the legitimate authentication portal.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 8.0= 8.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm RSA Authentication Manager is installedLocate the installation directory or check system services for 'RSA Authentication Manager' processes. On the appliance console, run: grep -i 'RSA Authentication Manager' /var/log/messages or check /opt/rsa/am for installation artifacts.Affected if The product is not installed or the installation cannot be verified.
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Identify the installed versionCheck the version file typically found at /opt/rsa/am/server/etc/version.properties or run: /opt/rsa/am/server/bin/amstatus -v. Also check the patch level via the RSA Operations Console under Setup > System Settings.Affected if Unable to retrieve version information.
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Compare version against affected rangesVerify if the base version is 8.0 or 8.1 by examining the version output. The vulnerability affects these specific versions before patch 6 is applied.Affected if The installed version is 8.0 or 8.1 without Patch 6 applied.
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Verify patch levelIn the RSA Security Console, navigate to Deployment > Patches > Available Patches, or check the patch history via command line: /opt/rsa/am/tools/patchInfo.sh. Confirm whether Patch 6 or later is installed.Affected if Patch 6 or later is not installed on version 8.0 or 8.1.
A user is affected if EMC RSA Authentication Manager version 8.0 or 8.1 is installed without RSA Authentication Manager 8.1 Patch 6 applied.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply RSA Authentication Manager 8.1 Patch 6 or later to resolve the open redirect vulnerability.
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- Implementation2.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2014-2516 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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