What is CVE-2017-17878?

CVE-2017-17878 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Valvesoftware Steam Link, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-12-27.

How severe is CVE-2017-17878?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Valvesoftware Steam Link

CVE-2017-17878

An issue was discovered in Valve Steam Link build 643. Root passwords longer than 8 characters are truncated because of the default use of DES (aka the CONFIG_FEATURE_DEFAULT_PASSWD_ALGO="des" setting).

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

EPSS: 0.016 (73.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-327 — Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17878?: CVE-2017-17878 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Valvesoftware Steam Link, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-12-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-17878?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.