CVE-2013-1053 Insecure crypto for storing passwords
An attacker can recover cached usernames and passwords due to insecure cryptographic storage in the remote-login-service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2013-1053?
CVE-2013-1053 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical remote-login-service, published on 13 Jan 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1053?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Canonical Remote-Login-Service.
How do I fix CVE-2013-1053?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-1053 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2013-1053 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1053 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-93m4-r4xc-vhfw.