CVE-2005-0002

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-0002
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-02 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2008-09-10 19:34:00 UTC
Descriptionpoppassd_pam 1.0 and earlier, when changing a user password, does not verify that the user entered the old password correctly, which allows remote attackers to change passwords for arbitrary users.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gentoo Poppassd Pam All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- poppassd_pam: Unauthorized password changing GENTOO security.gentoo.org Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - poppassd_pam Lets Remote Users Modify Arbitrary Passwords SECTRACK securitytracker.com
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for poppassd_pam SECUNIA secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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