CVE-2013-7041

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

The pam_userdb module for Pam uses a case-insensitive method to compare hashed passwords, which makes it easier for attackers to guess the password via a brute force attack.

The pam_userdb module for Pam uses a case-insensitive method to compare hashed passwords, which makes it easier for attackers to guess the password via a brute force attack.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 11 years ago

2014-05-08 14:29:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-12-03 03:00:00

Affected Software

Cristian Gafton pam_userdb

References

[oss-security] 20141209 Re: CVE request: pam: password hashes aren't compared case-sensitively

[oss-security] 20141209 CVE request: pam: password hashes aren't compared case-sensitively

64180

USN-2935-1

USN-2935-2

USN-2935-3

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=731368

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1038555

GLSA-201605-05

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