Bug 187385

Summary:	CVE-2006-1058 BusyBox passwd command fails to generate password with salt
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4	Reporter:	Josh Bressers <bressers>
Component:	busybox	Assignee:	Ivana Varekova <varekova>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	4.0	Keywords:	Security
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OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	impact=low,reported=20060329,source=vendorsec,public=20051219
Fixed In Version:	RHSA-2007-0244	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Description Josh Bressers 2006-03-30 17:34:35 UTC

BusyBox passwd command fails to generate password with salt

The BusyBox passwd command does not use a proper salt when generating
passwords.  This would create an instance where a brute force attack
could take very little time.

http://bugs.busybox.net/view.php?id=604
We don't do this during install, this issue should have very minimal
impact.  This issue is also mitigated by the fact that it's only an
issue if an attacker has a copy of the shadow file.

Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2006-08-18 16:20:11 UTC

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.

Comment 7 Red Hat Bugzilla 2007-05-01 17:34:09 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0244.html