Bug 1618012 (CVE-2006-0591) - CVE-2006-0591 security flaw
Summary: CVE-2006-0591 security flaw
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: CVE-2006-0591
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Reported: 2018-08-16 12:06 UTC by Stephen Herr
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:55 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-08-16 12:07:05 UTC
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Description Stephen Herr 2018-08-16 12:06:58 UTC 
Flaw bug created to hold information about an old flaw we knew something about. For more details see the MITRE CVE description.
Comment 1 Stephen Herr 2018-08-16 16:37:06 UTC 
MITRE description:

The crypt_gensalt functions for BSDI-style extended DES-based and FreeBSD-sytle MD5-based password hashes in crypt_blowfish 0.4.7 and earlier do not evenly and randomly distribute salts, which makes it easier for attackers to guess passwords from a stolen password file due to the increased number of collisions.
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