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.
Published: 2012-06-13
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-3265 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.
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Poul-henning Kamp Md5crypt
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:14:45.672Z

Reserved: 2012-06-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-3287

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Status : Modified

Published: 2012-06-13T19:55:01.943

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-3287

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