Description
Off-by-one error in passwd 0.68 and earlier, when using the --stdin option, causes passwd to use the first 78 characters of a password instead of the first 79, which results in a small reduction of the search space required for brute force attacks.
References
- 10370 vdb-entry
- MDKSA-2004:045 vendor-advisory
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=120060
- passwd-stdin-offbyone-bo(16178) vdb-entry