[CLA-2004:894] Conectiva Security Announcement - shadow-utils

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Date: 11/23/04

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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:19:32 -0200
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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PACKAGE : shadow-utils
SUMMARY : Fix for shadow-utils authentication bypass vulnerability
DATE : 2004-11-23 11:12:00
ID : CLA-2004:894
RELEVANT
RELEASES : 9, 10

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DESCRIPTION
shadow-utils[1] is a collection of utilities for managing shadow
password files and user/group accounts.

Martin Schulze reported a vulnerability[2] in the passwd_check()
function in "libmisc/pwdcheck.c" which is used by chfn and chsh and
thus may allow a local attacker to use them to change the standard
shell of other users or modify their GECOS information (full name,
phone number...).

SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Conectiva Linux users upgrade their
packages.

REFERENCES
1.http://shadow.pld.org.pl/
2.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1001

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades:

- run: apt-get update
- after that, execute: apt-get upgrade

Detailed instructions regarding the use of apt and upgrade examples
can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en

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Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be
found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en

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All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en

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