CVE-2017-17878

CVSS V2 High 10 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
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).
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-17878
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-12-27T17:08:21
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-01-11T20:12:36
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-327 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/327.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:o:valvesoftware:steam_link_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 644
cpe:2.3:h:valvesoftware:steam_link:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 10
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steamlink-sdk/issues/110 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steamlink-sdk/issues/101 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://blogger.davidmanouchehri.com/2017/12/steam-link-security-truncated-password.html Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17878
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17878
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:50:15 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 00:24:05 2017-12-27T17:08Z 2017-12-27T17:08:21 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 00:24:05 2018-01-11T20:12:36 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 00:24:05 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated