Vulnerability in Dcgrendel Vmbuilder
CVE-2008-5103
The (1) python-vm-builder and (2) ubuntu-vm-builder implementations in VMBuilder 0.9 in Ubuntu 8.10 omit the -e option when invoking chpasswd with a root:! argument, which configures the root account with a cleartext password of ! (exclama…
EPSS: 0.005 (37.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Dcgrendel Vmbuilder — versions 0.9
- Ubuntu Ubuntu_linux — versions 6.06, 7.10, 8.04
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)