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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1709-1 (shadow)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to shadow announced via advisory DSA 1709-1.
Insight
Insight
Paul Szabo discovered that login, the system login tool, did not correctly handle symlinks while setting up tty permissions. If a local attacker were able to gain control of the system utmp file, they could cause login to change the ownership and permissions on arbitrary files, leading to a root privilege escalation. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 4.0.18.1-7+etch1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 4.1.1-6. We recommend that you upgrade your shadow package.
Solution
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201709-1