Access Restriction Bypass Affecting shadow-maint/shadow package, versions [,4.0.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SHADOWMAINTSHADOW-2365868
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed1 Mar 2005
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 Mar 2005

CVE-2004-1001  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade shadow-maint/shadow to version 4.0.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. 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.

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