CVE-2004-2394 Information

Description

Off-by-one error in passwd 0.68 and earlier when using the –stdin option causes passwd to use the first 78 characters of a password instead of the first 79 which results in a small reduction of the search space required for brute force attacks.

Reference

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=120060 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:045 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10370 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16178