Access Restriction Bypass Affecting shadow package, versions <1:4.0.15-10


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-SHADOW-5695573
  • published28 May 2006
  • disclosed28 May 2006

Introduced: 28 May 2006

CVE-2006-1174  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 shadow to version 1:4.0.15-10 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream shadow package and not the shadow package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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