CVE-2008-6792

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-6792
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-05-07 17:30:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionsystem-tools-backends before 2.6.0-1ubuntu1.1 in Ubuntu 8.10, as used by "Users and Groups" in GNOME System Tools, hashes account passwords with 3DES and consequently limits effective password lengths to eight characters, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to successfully conduct brute-force password attacks.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Ubuntu Linux 8.10 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ubuntu update for system-tools-backends - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/50037 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
USN-663-1: system-tools-backends regression | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory
Bug #287134 “users-admin sets up maximum 8 character password” : Bugs : “system-tools-backends” package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 launchpad.net
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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