CVE-2013-1053 — Insecure crypto for storing passwords

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MEDIUM

Insecure crypto for storing passwords

Published Jan 13, 2021

5.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.19%

Description

In crypt.c of remote-login-service, the cryptographic algorithm used to cache usernames and passwords is insecure. An attacker could use this vulnerability to recover usernames and passwords from the file. This issue affects version 1.0.0-0ubuntu3 and prior versions.

Affected products

Vendor Canonical Product Remote-Login-Service Default
n/a
- Version
  1.0.0-0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <=1.0.0-0ubuntu3

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Canonical

Remote-Login-Service

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
1.0.0-0	affected	<=1.0.0-0ubuntu3

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.19% 0.00187

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00187

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.19% (0.00187)	7.50th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.19% (0.00187)	8.45th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.02% (0.00024)	3.95th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	14.58th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 25, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	12.27th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00044)	10.26th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)