CVE-2006-0591
N/A
Published: February 8, 2006 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:20 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCrypt Blowfish
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
The crypt_gensalt functions for BSDI-style extended DES-based and FreeBSD-sytle MD5-based password hashes in crypt_blowfish 0.4.7 and earlier do not evenly and randomly distribute salts, which makes it easier for attackers to guess passwords from a stolen password file due to the increased number of collisions.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (13)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SGI
Source: [email protected]
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.ascThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/18772Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/20232Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/20653Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/20782x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-113.htmQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-310
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