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Openwall crypt_blowfish Salt Generation Weakness
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA18772
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Release Date:
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2006-02-08
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Last Update:
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2006-02-20
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Popularity:
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8,369 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Openwall crypt_blowfish 0.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
A weakness has been reported in Openwall crypt_blowfish, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions.
The weakness is caused due to signedness errors in crypt_gensalt.c. This increases the probability that certain extended-DES-based and MD5-based password hashes are generated using the same salt.
Successful exploitation allows the hashes to be tested against candidate passwords at a faster effective rate but requires access to the password file.
The weakness has been reported in version 0.4.7 and prior.
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