CVEvulnerability
CVE-2006-1174
3.7 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2006-05-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.7 LOW — AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
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 configurations
• debian shadow (<= 4.0.7)
• debian shadow 4.0.0
• debian shadow 4.0.1
• debian shadow 4.0.2
• debian shadow 4.0.4
• debian shadow 4.0.4.1
• debian shadow 4.0.5
• debian shadow 4.0.6
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc patches.sgi.com
- http://cvs.pld.org.pl/shadow/NEWS?rev=1.109 cvs.pld.org.pl
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html lists.grok.org.uk
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20370 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20506 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25098 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25267 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25629 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25894 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25896 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26909 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27706 Vendor Advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-249.htm support.avaya.com
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-02.xml www.gentoo.org
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312692 US Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:090 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0276.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0431.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468336/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18111 Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018221 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2006 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26958 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1357 issues.rpath.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10807 oval.cisecurity.org
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc patches.sgi.com
- http://cvs.pld.org.pl/shadow/NEWS?rev=1.109 cvs.pld.org.pl
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html lists.grok.org.uk
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20370 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20506 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25098 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25267 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25629 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25894 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25896 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26909 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27706 Vendor Advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-249.htm support.avaya.com
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-02.xml www.gentoo.org
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312692 US Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:090 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0276.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0431.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468336/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18111 Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018221 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2006 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26958 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1357 issues.rpath.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10807 oval.cisecurity.org