CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-3597

7.2 HIGH Published 2006-07-18 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2006-07-18
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

passwd before 1:4.0.13 on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS leaves the root password blank instead of locking it when the administrator selects the "Go Back" option after the final "Installation complete" message and uses the main menu, which causes the password to be zeroed out in the installer's memory.

Affected configurations

• ubuntu ubuntu linux 6.06 lts

References