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Poul-Henning Kamp md5crypt has insufficient algorithmic...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 14, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Poul-Henning Kamp md5crypt has insufficient algorithmic complexity and a consequently short runtime, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to discover cleartext passwords via a brute-force attack, as demonstrated by an attack using GPU hardware.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 13, 2012
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Feb 14, 2023

Severity

Moderate

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2012-3287

GHSA ID

GHSA-5p57-54cm-9527

Source code

No known source code

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