Vulnerability CVE-2012-3287


Published: 2012-06-13

Description:
Poul-Henning Kamp md5crypt has insufficient algorithmic complexity and a consequently short runtime, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to discover cleartext passwords via a brute-force attack, as demonstrated by an attack using GPU hardware.

Type:

CWE-310

(Cryptographic Issues)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Poul-henning kamp -> Md5crypt 

 References:
http://phk.freebsd.dk/sagas/md5crypt_eol.html

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