CVEvulnerability

CVE-2001-0967

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2001-08-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2001-08-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-916

Description

Knox Arkeia server 4.2, and possibly other versions, uses a constant salt when encrypting passwords using the crypt() function, which makes it easier for an attacker to conduct brute force password guessing.

Affected configurations

• arkeia arkeia 4.2 • arkeia arkeia 4.2.8-2

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-916 Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

  • CWE-760 Use of a One-Way Hash with a Predictable Salt weakness
  • CWE-916 Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort weakness

References