cve-2008-6792
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-05-07 17:00
Modified
2024-08-07 11:42
Severity ?
Summary
system-tools-backends before 2.6.0-1ubuntu1.1 in Ubuntu 8.10, as used by "Users and Groups" in GNOME System Tools, hashes account passwords with 3DES and consequently limits effective password lengths to eight characters, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to successfully conduct brute-force password attacks.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/50037
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32566Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-663-1Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50435
cve@mitre.orghttps://launchpad.net/bugs/287134
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/50037
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32566Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-663-1Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50435
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://launchpad.net/bugs/287134
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