PT-2004-2006 · Shadow · Shadow

Published 2004-11-04 · Updated 2020-08-11 · CVE-2004-1001

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Shadow versions prior to 4.0.5

Description: The issue is related to an error handling problem in the passwd check function, potentially allowing local users to perform unauthorized actions. This occurs when an error from a pam chauthtok function call is not properly handled.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 4.0.5, update to version 4.0.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-1001

DSA-585-1

Affected Products

Shadow

References · 8

• http://debian.org/security/2004/dsa-585 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-1001 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1001 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-1001 · Vendor Advisory
• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000894 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1001 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17902 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/13028 · Note