CVE-2017-17878

CVE-2017-17878 affects Valve Steam Link build 643. The root password handling truncates passwords longer than 8 characters due to the default DES algorithm (CONFIG_FEATURE_DEFAULT_PASSWD_ALGO="des"). The issue is documented across multiple sources (NVD entry, Red Hat CVEs, and related disclosures...

CVE-2017-17877

The CVE-2017-17877 entry concerns Valve Steam Link (build 643). When the SSH daemon is enabled for local development, the device becomes publicly reachable via IPv6 TCP port 22 over the internet by default, enabling remote access by guessing 24 bits of the MAC address and attempting a root login....