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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1150-1 (shadow)
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.2
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
16 years ago
Modified
Modified
6 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to shadow announced via advisory DSA 1150-1. A bug has been discovered in several packages that execute the setuid() system call without checking for success when trying to drop privileges, which may fail with some PAM configurations.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 4.0.3-31sarge8. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4.0.17-2. We recommend that you upgrade your passwd package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201150-1