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Poul-Henning Kamp md5crypt has insufficient algorithmic complexity and a consequently short runtime, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to discover cleartext passwords via a brute-force attack, as demonstrated by an attack using GPU hardware

Published Jun 13, 2012

Description

Poul-Henning Kamp md5crypt has insufficient algorithmic complexity and a consequently short runtime, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to discover cleartext passwords via a brute-force attack, as demonstrated by an attack using GPU hardware.

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Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

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Weaknesses (1)

CWE-310

References (2)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 13, 2012
Updated Sep 16, 2024
Reserved Jun 7, 2012
Link CVE-2012-3287
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-2012-3287
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2012-3287