CVE-2017-17878 (GCVE-0-2017-17878)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-24 02:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:15
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
An issue was discovered in Valve Steam Link build 643. Root passwords longer than 8 characters are truncated because of the default use of DES (aka the CONFIG_FEATURE_DEFAULT_PASSWD_ALGO="des" setting).
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steamlink-sdk/is… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://blogger.davidmanouchehri.com/2017/12/stea… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steamlink-sdk/is… | x_refsource_MISC |
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