Vulnerability in Ubuntu Linux

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 to eight characters, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to successfully conduct brute-force password attacks.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

EPSS: 0.011 (63.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References