Cmd5checkpw Local Poppasswd File Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:12668

Info

Cmd5checkpw Local Poppasswd File Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12668
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Feb 25 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 25 2005 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was discovered by Florian Westphal.
Vulnerable: Krzysztof Dabrowski cmd5checkpw 0.22
Krzysztof Dabrowski cmd5checkpw 0.21
Krzysztof Dabrowski cmd5checkpw 0.20
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Cmd5checkpw Local Poppasswd File Disclosure Vulnerability

cmd5checkpw is reported prone to a vulnerability that can result in the disclosure of the '/etc/poppasswd' file.

A local user that has knowledge of one of the username/password combinations stored in the '/etc/poppasswd' file may exploit this vulnerability to disclose the contents of the 'poppasswd' file.

Exploit / POC

Cmd5checkpw Local Poppasswd File Disclosure Vulnerability

No epxloit is required.

Solution / Fix

Cmd5checkpw Local Poppasswd File Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
Gentoo has released an advisory (GLSA 200502-30) and fixes to address this vulnerability. Gentoo users may apply these fixes by invoking the following commands as a superuser:
emerge --sync
emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/cmd5checkpw-0.22-r2"

References

Cmd5checkpw Local Poppasswd File Disclosure Vulnerability

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