CVE-2008-5104

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, 7.10, 8.04 LTS, and 8.10, when installed as a virtual machine by (1) python-vm-builder or (2) ubuntu-vm-builder in VMBuilder 0.9 in Ubuntu 8.10, have ! (exclamation point) as the default root password, which allows attackers to bypass intended login restrictions.

Date published : 2008-11-17

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32292

http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19619929/vm-builder_0.9-0ubuntu3.1.debdiff