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busybox — security advisory
BusyBox 1.1.1 does not use a salt when generating passwords, which makes it easier for local users to guess passwords from a stolen password file using techniques such as rainbow tables.
- Products
- busybox
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1:1.1.3-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2006-1058
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 20:21 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
BusyBox 1.1.1 does not use a salt when generating passwords, which makes it easier for local users to guess passwords from a stolen password file using techniques such as rainbow tables.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1058
busybox
Fixed versions: 1:1.1.3-1
busybox
Fixed versions: 1:1.1.3-1
busybox
Fixed versions: 1:1.1.3-1
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-23T00:01:07.500526157Z",
"provider": "osv",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 410952,
"published_at": "2006-04-04T10:04:00+00:00"
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