CVE-2004-2394

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

Off-by-one error in passwd 0.68 and earlier, when using the --stdin option, causes passwd to use the first 78 characters of a password instead of the first 79, which results in a small reduction of the search space required for brute force attacks.

Off-by-one error in passwd 0.68 and earlier, when using the --stdin option, causes passwd to use the first 78 characters of a password instead of the first 79, which results in a small reduction of the search space required for brute force attacks.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

Type

MandrakeSoft Mandrake

First reported 20 years ago

2004-12-31 05:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-11 01:31:00

Affected Software

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Multi Network Firewall 8.2

8.2

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 8.2

8.2

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 9.0

9.0

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 9.1

9.1

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 9.2

9.2

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 10.0

10.0

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 2.1

2.1

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