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CVE-2004-1001 Affecting shadow package, versions <1:4.0.3-35

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-SHADOW-306252
  • published 1 Mar 2005
  • disclosed 1 Mar 2005
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Introduced: 1 Mar 2005

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How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 shadow to version 1:4.0.3-35 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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Unknown vulnerability in the passwd_check function in Shadow 4.0.4.1, and possibly other versions before 4.0.5, allows local users to conduct unauthorized activities when an error from a pam_chauthtok function call is not properly handled.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.9 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low