CVE-2008-5104
Published: 17 November 2008
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.
Notes
Author | Note |
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jdstrand | not a shadow vulnerability, but is fixed in this package |