First published: Fri Jan 21 2000(Updated: )
An installation of Red Hat uses DES password encryption with crypt() for the initial password, instead of md5.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Red Hat Linux | =6.1 | |
=6.1 |
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CVE-2000-0093 has a moderate severity as it involves the use of weak DES password encryption in Red Hat Linux.
To fix CVE-2000-0093, upgrade the system to use stronger password encryption methods like MD5 instead of DES.
CVE-2000-0093 specifically affects Red Hat Linux version 6.1.
CVE-2000-0093 is vulnerable due to the use of the DES encryption algorithm for passwords.
A potential workaround for CVE-2000-0093 is to manually change the password encryption method to a stronger algorithm if supported.