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Title : Openwall crypt_blowfish Password Hash Generation Security Weakness
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-0477
CVE ID : GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Release Date : 2006-02-08

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A security weakness has been identified in Openwall crypt_blowfish, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions [...]

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0477
http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/glibc/crypt_blowfish/crypt_gensalt.c?only_with_tag=CRYPT_BLOWFISH_1_0

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Marko Kreen

ChangeLog

2006-02-08 : Initial release
2006-04-02 : Updated Advisory

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