CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-6792
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-05-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-310
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• ubuntu linux 8.10
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://osvdb.org/50037 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32566 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-663-1 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50435 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/287134 launchpad.net
- http://osvdb.org/50037 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32566 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-663-1 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50435 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/287134 launchpad.net