Vulnerability CVE-2004-2394
Published: 2004-12-31   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Off-by-one error in passwd 0.68 and earlier, when using the --stdin option, causes passwd to use the first 78 characters of a password instead of the first 79, which results in a small reduction of the search space required for brute force attacks.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Mandrakesoft -> Mandrake multi network firewall 
Mandrakesoft -> Mandrake linux 
Mandrakesoft -> Mandrake linux corporate server 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/16178
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10370
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:045
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=120060
Copyright 2024, cxsecurity.com

 

Back to Top