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FKIE_CVE-2008-5103

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-11-17 18:18 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:59

Severity

Summary

The (1) python-vm-builder and (2) ubuntu-vm-builder implementations in VMBuilder 0.9 in Ubuntu 8.10 omit the -e option when invoking chpasswd with a root:! argument, which configures the root account with a cleartext password of ! (exclamation point) and allows attackers to bypass intended login restrictions.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19619929/vm-builder_0.9-0ubuntu3.1.debdiff	Exploit
cve@mitre.org	http://osvdb.org/49996
cve@mitre.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/32697	Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32292	Patch
cve@mitre.org	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-670-1	Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vm-builder/+bug/296841
cve@mitre.org	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46603
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19619929/vm-builder_0.9-0ubuntu3.1.debdiff	Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://osvdb.org/49996
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/32697	Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32292	Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-670-1	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vm-builder/+bug/296841
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46603

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
dcgrendel	vmbuilder	0.9
ubuntu	ubuntu_linux	6.06
ubuntu	ubuntu_linux	7.10
ubuntu	ubuntu_linux	8.04
ubuntu	ubuntu_linux	8.10

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CVE-2008-5103 (GCVE-0-2008-5103)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-11-17 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:40

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

7 references

URL	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/32697	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32292	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19619929/vm-builder…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-670-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vm-buil…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://osvdb.org/49996	vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB

Date Public

2008-11-13 00:00

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CVE-2008-5103 (GCVE-0-2008-5103)

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