CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-3597

Published: Jul 18, 2006 | Modified: Sep 05, 2008
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

passwd before 1:4.0.13 on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS leaves the root password blank instead of locking it when the administrator selects the Go Back option after the final Installation complete message and uses the main menu, which causes the password to be zeroed out in the installers memory.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ubuntu_linux Ubuntu 6.06_lts (including) 6.06_lts (including)

References