Description
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, 7.10, 8.04 LTS, and 8.10, when installed as a virtual machine by (1) python-vm-builder or (2) ubuntu-vm-builder in VMBuilder 0.9 in Ubuntu 8.10, have ! (exclamation point) as the default root password, which allows attackers to bypass intended login restrictions.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32697 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32292 ↗
- http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19619929/vm-builder_0.9-0ubuntu3.1.debdiff ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-670-1 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46881 ↗
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vm-builder/+bug/296841 ↗