CVE-2006-1174

Description (CNA)

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.

Affected (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25098
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25894
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0431.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25267
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0276.html
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-249.htm
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18111
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018221
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25629
• http://cvs.pld.org.pl/shadow/NEWS?rev=1.109
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26958
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312692
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-02.xml
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25896
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468336/100/0/threaded
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:090
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10807
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26909
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27706
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2006
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1357
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20506
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20370

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