Package: system-tools-backends Severity: grave Tags: security patch Hi, the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was published for system-tools-backends.
CVE-2008-6792[0]: | system-tools-backends before 2.6.0-1ubuntu1.1 in Ubuntu 8.10, as used | by "Users and Groups" in GNOME System Tools, hashes account passwords | with 3DES and consequently limits effective password lengths to eight | characters, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to | successfully conduct brute-force password attacks. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE id in your changelog entry. Patch: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19037678/system-tools-backends_2.6.0-1ubuntu1.1.diff For further information see: [0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-6792 http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2008-6792 -- Nico Golde - http://www.ngolde.de - [email protected] - GPG: 0x73647CFF For security reasons, all text in this mail is double-rot13 encrypted.
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