CVE-2012-3287

Publication date 13 June 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

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.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

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

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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.

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

http://phk.freebsd.dk/sagas/md5crypt_eol.html
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3287