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Low · 2.9 CVE-2019-3700 EUVD-2019-13335GHSA-6ff8-jh7v-68j7

yast: Fallback to DES without configuration in /etc/login.def

Published Jan 24, 2020 · Updated Sep 17, 2024 · Assigned by suse

Description

yast2-security didn't use secure defaults to protect passwords. This became a problem on 2019-10-07 when configuration files that set secure settings were moved to a different location. As of the 20191022 snapshot the insecure default settings were used until yast2-security switched to stronger defaults in 4.2.6 and used the new configuration file locations. Password created during this time used DES password encryption and are not properly protected against attackers that are able to access the password hashes.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
openSUSE Factory yast2-security – < 4.2.6 4.2.6

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed yast2-security 4.4.1-1.2 openSUSE-SU-2024:11536-1

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