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CVE-2017-17878 (GCVE-0-2017-17878)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-24 02:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:15
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Summary
An issue was discovered in Valve Steam Link build 643. Root passwords longer than 8 characters are truncated because of the default use of DES (aka the CONFIG_FEATURE_DEFAULT_PASSWD_ALGO="des" setting).
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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