CVE-2006-3597

published 2006-07-18

CVE-2006-3597: passwd before 1:4.0.13 on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS leaves the root password blank instead of locking it when the administrator selects the "Go Back" option after the…

Priority P4 23 high 7.2 CVSS 2.0

AV L AC L Au N C C I C A C

passwd before 1:4.0.13 on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS leaves the root password blank instead of locking it when the administrator selects the "Go Back" option after the final "Installation complete" message and uses the main menu, which causes the password to be zeroed out in the installer's memory.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	shadow	—	—
ubuntu	ubuntu_linux	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 7.2 HIGH AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

vendor_debian 7.2 LOW

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