CVE-2006-1174 (GCVE-0-2006-1174)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-05-28 23:00
Modified
2024-08-07 17:03
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
useradd in shadow-utils before 4.0.3, and possibly other versions before 4.0.8, does not provide a required argument to the open function when creating a new user mailbox, which causes the mailbox to be created with unpredictable permissions and possibly allows attackers to read or modify the mailbox.
References
cret@cert.org ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc
cret@cert.org http://cvs.pld.org.pl/shadow/NEWS?rev=1.109
cret@cert.org http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
cret@cert.org http://secunia.com/advisories/20370 Patch, Vendor Advisory
cret@cert.org http://secunia.com/advisories/20506 Vendor Advisory
cret@cert.org http://secunia.com/advisories/25098 Vendor Advisory
cret@cert.org http://secunia.com/advisories/25267 Vendor Advisory
cret@cert.org http://secunia.com/advisories/25629 Vendor Advisory
cret@cert.org http://secunia.com/advisories/25894 Vendor Advisory
cret@cert.org http://secunia.com/advisories/25896 Vendor Advisory
cret@cert.org http://secunia.com/advisories/26909 Vendor Advisory
cret@cert.org http://secunia.com/advisories/27706 Vendor Advisory
cret@cert.org http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-249.htm
cret@cert.org http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-02.xml
cret@cert.org http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312692 US Government Resource
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cret@cert.org http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0276.html
cret@cert.org http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0431.html
cret@cert.org http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468336/100/0/threaded
cret@cert.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18111 Patch
cret@cert.org http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018221
cret@cert.org http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2006 Vendor Advisory
cret@cert.org http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 Vendor Advisory
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/20370 Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/20506 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/25098 Vendor Advisory
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/26909 Vendor Advisory
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-02.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312692 US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:090
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18111 Patch
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26958
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1357
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10807
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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