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CVE-2006-1174

Published: May 28, 2006

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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References

25098
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
25894
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
RHSA-2007:0431
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
ADV-2007-3229
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
25267
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
RHSA-2007:0276
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
18111
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
1018221
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
25629
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
VU#312692
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_CERT-VN
GLSA-200606-02
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
25896
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
20070511 rPSA-2007-0096-1 shadow
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
MDKSA-2006:090
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10807
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
26909
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
27706
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
ADV-2006-2006
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
20506
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
20370
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA

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