CVE detail
CVE-2004-2394 — CVE-2004-2394
Published 2004-12-31 · Modified 2026-06-16 · Vendor mandrakesoft · Product mandrake_multi_network_firewall · Source nvd
UNKNOWN
severity
CVSS-derived band
0.0036
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
29.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog
Description
Off-by-one error in passwd 0.68 and earlier, when using the --stdin option, causes passwd to use the first 78 characters of a password instead of the first 79, which results in a small reduction of the search space required for brute force attacks.
Remediation
No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.
References