critical9.8
CVE-2017-17878
An issue was discovered in Valve Steam Link build 643.
Impact
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 products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Valvesoftware | Steam Link Firmware | before 644 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://blogger.davidmanouchehri.com/2017/12/steam-link-security-truncated-password.html
- https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steamlink-sdk/issues/101
- https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steamlink-sdk/issues/110
- https://blogger.davidmanouchehri.com/2017/12/steam-link-security-truncated-password.html
- https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steamlink-sdk/issues/101
- https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steamlink-sdk/issues/110