CVE-2017-17878

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).
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
9.8 CRITICAL
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 37%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
valvesoftwaresteam_link_firmware
𝑥
< 644
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
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
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