Vulnerability Name: | CVE-2001-1467 (CCN-6382) | ||||||||
Assigned: | 2001-04-11 | ||||||||
Published: | 2001-04-11 | ||||||||
Updated: | 2017-07-11 | ||||||||
Summary: | 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. | ||||||||
CVSS v3 Severity: | 5.9 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
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CVSS v2 Severity: | 7.5 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
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Vulnerability Type: | CWE-Other | ||||||||
Vulnerability Consequences: | Obtain Information | ||||||||
References: | Source: BUGTRAQ Type: UNKNOWN 20010411 flaw in RH ``mkpasswd'' command Source: CCN Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Apr 11 2001 - 10:32:38 CDT flaw in RH ``mkpasswd'' command Source: BUGTRAQ Type: UNKNOWN 20010412 Re: flaw in RH ``mkpasswd'' command (importance of seeds & algorithms) Source: CCN Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Apr 12 2001 - 07:44:26 CDT Re: flaw in RH ``mkpasswd'' command (importance of seeds & algorithms) Source: CCN Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Apr 11 2001 - 18:55:27 CDT Re: flaw in RH ``mkpasswd'' command Source: CCN Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Apr 11 2001 - 19:02:45 CDT Re: flaw in RH ``mkpasswd'' command Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-2001-1467 Source: CCN Type: SECTRACK ID: 1001303 The Expect Mkpasswd Utility Generates a Relatively Small Number of Passwords, Making Brute Force Password Guessing Attempts Easier Source: SECTRACK Type: UNKNOWN 1001303 Source: CCN Type: US-CERT VU#527736 mkpasswd uses weak random number generator Source: CERT-VN Type: US Government Resource VU#527736 Source: CCN Type: OSVDB ID: 19138 expect mkpasswd on Red Hat Linux ProcessID Seed Weak Random Number Generation Source: BID Type: UNKNOWN 2632 Source: CCN Type: BID-2632 Expect mkpasswd Biased Random Number Generation Vulnerability Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN mkpasswd-weak-passwords(6382) Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN mkpasswd-weak-passwords(6382) | ||||||||
Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration CCN 1: Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||
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