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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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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

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

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

Link: CVE-2012-3287

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-3287

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