CVE-2008-6792
system-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
02 Description
system-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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.10% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 65.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-05-07 17:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 11:42Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-05-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- cd749450f4a43384e0c436c967d7eca53766ed01b4baa16b6bd9886fe25339d8
05 Affected products
06 References
- osvdb.org50037http://osvdb.org/50037
- launchpad.nethttps://launchpad.net/bugs/287134
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comstb-password-weak-security(50435)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50435
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-663-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-663-1
- secunia.com32566http://secunia.com/advisories/32566
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- system-tools-backends Fixed in 2.6.0-6.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- system-tools-backends Fixed in 2.6.0-6.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- system-tools-backends Fixed in 2.6.0-6.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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