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Ubuntu 8.10 : system-tools-backends regression (USN-663-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 38095
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
It was discovered that passwords changed (or new users created) via the 'Users and Groups' tool were created with 3DES hashing. This reduced the security of stored user passwords, and was a regression from the correct MD5 hashing. This update fixes the problem; future password changes will correct the hashing used. We apologize for the inconvenience.Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected system-tools-backends and / or system-tools-backends-dev packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 38095
File Name: ubuntu_USN-663-1.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 4/23/2009
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.3
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:system-tools-backends, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:system-tools-backends-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-6792