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CVE-2001-1467
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
mkpasswd in expect 5.2.8, as used by Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7.0, seeds its random number generator with its process ID, which limits the space of possible seeds and makes it easier for attackers to conduct brute force password attacks..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 7.5/10
- Exploit Score
- 10/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 6.4/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Partial
- Availability Impact
- Partial
- Integrity Impact
- Partial
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:don_libes:expect:5.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0173.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0192.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/527736
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2632
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1001303
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6382