The kickstart file in Red Hat QuickStart Cloud Installer (QCI) forces use of MD5 passwords on deployed systems, which makes it easier for attackers to determine cleartext passwords via a brute-force attack.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-09-22T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:29:19.467Z

Reserved: 2016-07-26T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-6340

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2016-09-22T15:59:03.817

Modified: 2016-09-22T17:48:19.297

Link: CVE-2016-6340

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-08-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-6340 - Bugzilla