CVE-2017-17878

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).

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 10.0 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

10.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steamlink-sdk/issues/110	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steamlink-sdk/issues/101	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://blogger.davidmanouchehri.com/2017/12/steam-link-security-truncated-password.html	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:valvesoftware:steam_link_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:valvesoftware:steam_link:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2017-12-27 09:08

Updated : 2018-01-11 12:12

NVD link : CVE-2017-17878

Mitre link : CVE-2017-17878

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-327

Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

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Products Affected

valvesoftware

steam_link
steam_link_firmware

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