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CVE-2013-1053 (GCVE-0-2013-1053)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-01-13 23:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 16:23
VLAI
Title
Insecure crypto for storing passwords
Summary
In crypt.c of remote-login-service, the cryptographic algorithm used to cache usernames and passwords is insecure. An attacker could use this vulnerability to recover usernames and passwords from the file. This issue affects version 1.0.0-0ubuntu3 and prior versions.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-261 - Weak Cryptography for Passwords
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1158373 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Canonical remote-login-service Affected: 1.0.0-0 , ≤ 1.0.0-0ubuntu3 (custom)
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Date Public
2015-03-27 00:00
Credits
Marc Deslauriers
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