Multiple Vendor useradd Insecure Mail Spool Permissions Vulnerability

BID:6897

Info

Multiple Vendor useradd Insecure Mail Spool Permissions Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 6897
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2002-1509
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Feb 20 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 08:06PM
Credit: This vulnerability was announced in a RedHat advisory.
Vulnerable: Redhat shadow-utils-20000902-4.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 7.2
Redhat shadow-utils-20000902-12.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 8.0
Redhat Linux 8.0
Redhat Linux 7.3
Redhat Linux 7.2 ia64
Redhat Linux 7.2
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2 ppc
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1 ia64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
MandrakeSoft Multi Network Firewall 2.0
Not Vulnerable:

Exploit / POC

Multiple Vendor useradd Insecure Mail Spool Permissions Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

Multiple Vendor useradd Insecure Mail Spool Permissions Vulnerability

Solution:
Red Hat has released updated Shadow-utils packages. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible.


Redhat shadow-utils-20000902-4.i386.rpm

Redhat shadow-utils-20000902-12.i386.rpm

MandrakeSoft Multi Network Firewall 2.0

Redhat Linux 7.2 ia64

Redhat Linux 7.2

Redhat Linux 7.3

Redhat Linux 8.0

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1 ia64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2 ppc

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.0

References

Multiple Vendor useradd Insecure Mail Spool Permissions Vulnerability

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