CVE-2012-3287

Publication date 13 June 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Poul-Henning Kamp md5crypt has insufficient algorithmic complexity and a consequently short runtime, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to discover cleartext passwords via a brute-force attack, as demonstrated by an attack using GPU hardware.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
md5crypt 12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Notes

jdstrand

As of 8.10, Ubuntu has moved away from using MD5 in a security context. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Features for details.