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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-5103
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2008-5103

Description:
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 ! (exclamation point) and allows attackers to bypass intended login restrictions.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/46603

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-670-1

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA32697

CONFIRM
  http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19619929/vm-builder_0.9-0ubuntu3.1.debdiff

BID
  32292


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