CVE-2017-17878

Published: Dec 27, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

9.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

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).

Affected (1)

Products: Valvesoftware: Steam Link Firmware

Valvesoftware

1 product

Steam Link Firmware

Configuration A

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Valvesoftware Steam Link Firmware	Before 644

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Valvesoftware Steam Link	All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-327

Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

The product uses a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm or protocol.