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CVE-2004-2394

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
31/12/2004
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

Off-by-one error in passwd 0.68 and earlier, when using the --stdin option, causes passwd to use the first 78 characters of a password instead of the first 79, which results in a small reduction of the search space required for brute force attacks.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.10 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
2.10
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mandrakesoft:mandrake_multi_network_firewall:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:8.2:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.1:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.2:*:amd64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux_corporate_server:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux_corporate_server:2.1:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*

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