50037 : Ubuntu Linux system-tools-backends 3DES Hashed Password Weakness
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2008-11-05

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-6792" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : 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.

Classification

Attack Type: Authentication Management, Cryptographic
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2008-6792 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 32566
Other Advisory URL: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-663-1
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: https://launchpad.net/bugs/287134
Mail List Post: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2008-November/000771.html

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-05-07 | Disagree?

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