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Decades-Old BMC Flaw Exposes 24,000 Servers to Password Cracking

A decades-old security flaw in Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) interfaces is putting over 24,000 internet-exposed servers at risk of password cracking, thanks to a vulnerability that allows attackers to capture and crack authentication responses. This two-decade-old weakness, tracked as CVE-2013-4786, is a pressing concern for server administrators.