CVE-2006-1058

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-04-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-916

Description

BusyBox 1.1.1 does not use a salt when generating passwords, which makes it easier for local users to guess passwords from a stolen password file using techniques such as rainbow tables.

Affected products

Avaya Aura Application Enablement Services: 4.01, 4.1
Avaya Aura Sip Enablement Services: before 5.0 — fixed in 5.0
Avaya Message Networking: all versions
Avaya Messaging Storage Server: from 3.0 before 4.0 — fixed in 4.0
busybox: 1.1.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Avaya Aura Sip Enablement Services 5.0; Avaya Messaging Storage Server 4.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://bugs.busybox.net/view.php?id=604
http://secunia.com/advisories/19477
http://secunia.com/advisories/25098
http://secunia.com/advisories/25848
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-250.htm
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0244.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17330
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25569
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9483
http://bugs.busybox.net/view.php?id=604
http://secunia.com/advisories/19477
http://secunia.com/advisories/25098

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