# CVE-2017-17878: An issue was discovered in Valve Steam Link build 643.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-12-24 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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).

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## References

- https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steamlink-sdk/issues/110
- https://blogger.davidmanouchehri.com/2017/12/steam-link-security-truncated-password.html
- https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steamlink-sdk/issues/101

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