FKIE_CVE-2008-5103

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-11-17 18:18 - Updated: 2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
The (1) python-vm-builder and (2) ubuntu-vm-builder implementations in VMBuilder 0.9 in Ubuntu 8.10 omit the -e option when invoking chpasswd with a root:! argument, which configures the root account with a cleartext password of ! (exclamation point) and allows attackers to bypass intended login restrictions.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://launchpadlibrarian.net/19619929/vm-builder_0.9-0ubuntu3.1.debdiffExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/49996
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32697Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32292Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-670-1Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vm-builder/+bug/296841
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46603
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19619929/vm-builder_0.9-0ubuntu3.1.debdiffExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/49996
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32697Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32292Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-670-1Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vm-builder/+bug/296841
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46603
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
dcgrendel vmbuilder 0.9
ubuntu ubuntu_linux 6.06
ubuntu ubuntu_linux 7.10
ubuntu ubuntu_linux 8.04
ubuntu ubuntu_linux 8.10
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