National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-1058
Original release date:04/04/2006
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
BusyBox 1.1.1 does not use a salt when generating passwords, which makes it easier for local users to guess passwords from a stolen password file using techniques such as rainbow tables.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
- Official Statement from Red Hat (09/19/2006)
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Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=187385
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here:
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
This issue does not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 or 3.
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External Source: XF
Name: busybox-passwd-weak-security(25569)
External Source: BID
Name: 17330
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 19477
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.busybox.net/view.php?id=604
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:0244
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-250.htm
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25848
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25098