CVE-2017-17878 | BDVDB-2026-94472 Detail

Description#

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).

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

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

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12017-12-24Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-09-16Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.