CVE-2017-17878
N/A
Published: December 24, 2017 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:11 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorSteam Link FirmwareSteam Link
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
An issue was discovered in Valve Steam Link build 643. Root passwords longer than 8 characters are truncated because of the default use of DES (aka the CONFIG_FEATURE_DEFAULT_PASSWD_ALGO="des" setting).
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 644
Affected range stops below 644, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
valvesoftware-steam-link (same device)
80%
All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://blogger.davidmanouchehri.com/2017/12/steam-link-security-truncated-password.htmlx_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steamlink-sdk/issues/101x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steamlink-sdk/issues/110Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-327
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