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CVE-2013-1053: Insecure crypto for storing passwords
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2021-01-13 · updated 2026-06-16
- Weakness: CWE-261
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.
Affected products
- Canonical remote-login-service: through 1.0.0-0ubuntu3
References
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