CVE-2008-5104

Publication date 17 November 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

High

Why this priority?

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, 7.10, 8.04 LTS, and 8.10, when installed as a virtual machine by (1) python-vm-builder or (2) ubuntu-vm-builder in VMBuilder 0.9 in Ubuntu 8.10, have ! (exclamation point) as the default root password, which allows attackers to bypass intended login restrictions.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
shadow 8.10 intrepid
Fixed 1:4.1.1-1ubuntu1.1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 1:4.0.18.2-1ubuntu2.1
7.10 gutsy
Fixed 1:4.0.18.1-9ubuntu0.1
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 1:4.0.13-7ubuntu3.3

Notes

jdstrand

not a shadow vulnerability, but is fixed in this package