CVE-2017-17878 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in Valve Steam Link build 643. Root passwords longer than 8 characters are truncated because of the default use of DES (aka the CONFIG_FEATURE_DEFAULT_PASSWD_ALGO="des" setting).

Published: 2017-12-24

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:valvesoftware:steam_link_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:valvesoftware:steam_link:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-9025	An issue was discovered in Valve Steam Link build 643. Root passwords longer than 8 characters are truncated because of the default use of DES (aka the CONFIG_FEATURE_DEFAULT_PASSWD_ALGO="des" setting).

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00168.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://blogger.davidmanouchehri.com/2017/12/steam-link-security-truncated-password.html
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steamlink-sdk/issues/101
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steamlink-sdk/issues/110

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Valvesoftware Steam Link Steam Link Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-12-24T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:15:16.042Z

Reserved: 2017-12-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-17878

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-12-27T17:08:21.140

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-17878

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-327

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