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author | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100 |
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committer | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100 |
commit | 4f2d7949f03e1c198bc888f2d05f421d35c57e21 (patch) | |
tree | ba5f07bf3f9d22d82e54a462313f5d244036c768 /metadata/glsa/glsa-200606-02.xml |
reinit the tree, so we can have metadata
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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200606-02.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200606-02.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6433ac14d788 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200606-02.xml @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200606-02"> + <title>shadow: Privilege escalation</title> + <synopsis> + A security issue in shadow allows a local user to perform certain actions + with escalated privileges. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">shadow</product> + <announced>2006-06-07</announced> + <revised>2006-06-07: 01</revised> + <bug>133615</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="sys-apps/shadow" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">4.0.15-r2</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">4.0.15-r2</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + shadow provides a set of utilities to deal with user accounts. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + When the mailbox is created in useradd, the "open()" function does + not receive the three arguments it expects while O_CREAT is present, + which leads to random permissions on the created file, before fchmod() + is executed. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + Depending on the random permissions given to the mailbox file + which is at this time owned by root, a local user may be able to open + this file for reading or writing, or even executing it, maybe as the + root user. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All shadow users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/shadow-4.0.15-r2"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1174">CVE-2006-1174</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-06-01T07:06:38Z"> + falco + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-06-01T15:23:57Z"> + falco + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-06-05T17:20:29Z"> + falco + </metadata> +</glsa> |