CVE-2006-1058

Publication date 4 April 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

BusyBox 1.1.1 does not use a salt when generating passwords, which makes it easier for local users to guess passwords from a stolen password file using techniques such as rainbow tables.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
busybox 7.04 feisty
Not affected
6.10 edgy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 1.01-4ubuntu3

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.5 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N


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