Access Restriction Bypass Affecting shadow package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-SHADOW-306248
  • published28 Oct 2007
  • disclosed28 Oct 2007

Introduced: 28 Oct 2007

CVE-2007-5686  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 shadow.

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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

initscripts in rPath Linux 1 sets insecure permissions for the /var/log/btmp file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information regarding authentication attempts. NOTE: because sshd detects the insecure permissions and does not log certain events, this also prevents sshd from logging failed authentication attempts by remote attackers.

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