pwdutils Unauthorized Root Password Modification Vulnerability

BID:4705

Info

pwdutils Unauthorized Root Password Modification Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4705
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 08 2002 12:00AM
Updated: May 08 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Published in a pwdutils changelog.
Vulnerable: pwdutils pwdutils 1.96
pwdutils pwdutils 1.95
pwdutils pwdutils 1.94
pwdutils pwdutils 1.93
pwdutils pwdutils 1.92
pwdutils pwdutils 1.91
pwdutils pwdutils 1.90
Not Vulnerable: pwdutils pwdutils 1.97

Exploit / POC

pwdutils Unauthorized Root Password Modification Vulnerability

No exploit code required.

Solution / Fix

pwdutils Unauthorized Root Password Modification Vulnerability

Solution:
This issue has been addressed in pwdutils 1.97:


pwdutils pwdutils 1.90

pwdutils pwdutils 1.91

pwdutils pwdutils 1.92

pwdutils pwdutils 1.93

pwdutils pwdutils 1.94

pwdutils pwdutils 1.95

pwdutils pwdutils 1.96

References

pwdutils Unauthorized Root Password Modification Vulnerability

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