PT-2009-2261 · Canonical · System-Tools-Backends

Iaz + 1 · Published 2009-05-07 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2008-6792

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: system-tools-backends versions prior to 2.6.0-1ubuntu1.1

Description: The issue allows context-dependent attackers to more easily conduct brute-force password attacks due to the use of 3DES for hashing account passwords, which limits effective password lengths to eight characters.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 2.6.0-1ubuntu1.1, update to version 2.6.0-1ubuntu1.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-6792

Affected Products

System-Tools-Backends

References · 9

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-6792 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32566 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6792 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-6792 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-663-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-6792 · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/50037 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50435 · Note
• https://launchpad.net/bugs/287134 · Note