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Status published
Medium
CVE-2012-3287
Poul-Henning Kamp md5crypt has insufficient algorithmic complexity and a consequently...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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Affected Vendor
poul-henning kamp
View all reports →Affected Software
md5crypt
Vulnerable Versions:
Unknown
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 13th, 2012
Last Modified:
September 16th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.