CVE-2001-1467

Published Apr 11, 2001

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description: mkpasswd in expect 5.2.8, as used by Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7.0, seeds its random number generator with its process ID, which limits the space of possible seeds and makes it easier for attackers to conduct brute force password attacks.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.5
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:don_libes:expect:5.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "F981BF07-D0F3-48D8-88A9-ABD67ACE48E3"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References