CVE-2006-1058

Summary

CVECVE-2006-1058
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-04-04 10:04:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBusyBox 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.000450000 probability, percentile 0.136910000 (date 2026-04-19)

Problem Types: CWE-916 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Avaya Aura Application Enablement Services 4.01 All All All
Application Avaya Aura Application Enablement Services 4.1 All All All
Application Avaya Aura Sip Enablement Services All All All All
Application Avaya Message Networking All All All All
Application Avaya Messaging Storage Server All All All All
Application Busybox Busybox 1.1.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
BusyBox MD5 Password Hash Generation Weakness - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
BusyBox Insecure Password Hash Weakness af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Avaya Products BusyBox MD5 Password Weakness - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
0000604: passwd doesnt use salt with md5 passwords - BusyBox Bug and Patch Tracking af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.busybox.net Broken Link
Red Hat Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
ASA-2007-250 (RHSA-2007-0244) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Broken Link
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2006-09-19Mark J CoxRed 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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