What is CVE-2013-1053?

CVE-2013-1053 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Remote-Login-Service, classified under Weak Encoding for Password. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-01-13.

How severe is CVE-2013-1053?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Canonical Remote-Login-Service

CVE-2013-1053

In crypt.c of remote-login-service, the cryptographic algorithm used to cache usernames and passwords is insecure. An attacker could use this vulnerability to recover usernames and passwords from the file. This issue affects version 1.0.0-0ubuntu3 and prior versions.

EPSS: 0.002 (8.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Canonical Remote-login-service — versions 1.0.0-0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-1053?: CVE-2013-1053 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Remote-Login-Service, classified under Weak Encoding for Password. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2013-1053?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.