PT-2008-6250 · Vmbuilder · Vmbuilder

Nick Barcet + 1 · Published 2008-11-17 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-5103

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMBuilder version 0.9

Description The issue concerns the python-vm-builder and ubuntu-vm-builder implementations in VMBuilder. These implementations omit the -e option when invoking chpasswd with a root:! argument. As a result, the root account is configured with a cleartext password of !, allowing attackers to bypass intended login restrictions.

Recommendations For VMBuilder version 0.9, consider updating to a newer version that includes the -e option when invoking chpasswd to prevent the configuration of the root account with a cleartext password. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-255

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5103

Affected Products

Vmbuilder

References · 8

• 🔥 http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19619929/vm-builder_0.9-0ubuntu3.1.debdiff · Exploit
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-670-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32292 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5103 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32697 · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/49996 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46603 · Note
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vm-builder/+bug/296841 · Note