CVE-2013-1053

Insecure crypto for storing passwords

State
Published
Severity
5.5 Medium
Published
Jan 13, 2021
Updated
Sep 16, 2024
Reserved
Jan 11, 2013

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Description

In crypt.c of remote-login-service, the cryptographic algorithm used to cache usernames and passwords is insecure. An attacker could use this vulnerability to recover usernames and passwords from the file. This issue affects version 1.0.0-0ubuntu3 and prior versions.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Ncanonical

Weaknesses

  • CWE-261 Weak Cryptography for Passwords

Affected Products

ProductVersions
remote-login-serviceCanonical
  • 1.0.0-0 through 1.0.0-0ubuntu3Affected

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