CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2001-1467

Published: Apr 11, 2001 | Modified: Jul 11, 2017
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Expect Don_libes 5.2.8 (including) 5.2.8 (including)

References