Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-6792

Title: Ubuntu Linux Cryptographic Failures

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-6792.

CWE Category CWE-310

Published Date May 07, 2009

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.10%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-6792: system-tools-backends before 2.6.0-1ubuntu1.1 in Ubuntu 8.10, as used by "Users and Groups" in GNOME System Tools, hashes account passwords with 3DES and consequently limits effective password lengths to eight characters, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to successfully conduct brute-force password attacks.

Impacted Vendors

Reference Links

http://osvdb.org/50037 http://secunia.com/advisories/32566 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-663-1 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50435 https://launchpad.net/bugs/287134 http://osvdb.org/50037 http://secunia.com/advisories/32566 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-663-1 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50435 https://launchpad.net/bugs/287134

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-6792 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

May 07, 2009 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.