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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-5104
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2008-5104

Description:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, 7.10, 8.04 LTS, and 8.10, when installed as a virtual machine by (1) python-vm-builder or (2) ubuntu-vm-builder in VMBuilder 0.9 in Ubuntu 8.10, have ! (exclamation point) as the default root password, which allows attackers to bypass intended login restrictions.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/46881

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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