CVE-2017-17878
Estado: ModificadaCrítica (9.8)—
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).
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 9.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.60%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 75
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-327
Referencias
- 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
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