CVE-2008-5104 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19619929/vm-builder_0.9-0ubuntu3.1.debdiff http://secunia.com/advisories/32697 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32292 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-670-1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vm-builder/+bug/296841 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46881