shadow-utils 'useradd' Unsafe Mailbox Folder Permissions May Let Local Users Read/Write Mail
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1018221
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1018221
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CVE Reference: CVE-2006-1174
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jun 12 2007
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Impact: Disclosure of user information, Modification of user information
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 4.0.8
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in shadow-utils. A local user can read or write to another user's mailbox.
The 'useradd' function creates new user mailboxes with unsafe permissions. A local user can read or write to a target user's mailbox.
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Impact: A local user can read or write to a target user's mailbox.
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Solution: The vendor issued a fixed version (4.0.8).
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Cause: Access control error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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Message History:
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:00:56 -0400
Subject: Shadow
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CVE-2006-1174
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