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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1973-1 (glibc, eglibc)
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 glibc, eglibc announced via advisory DSA 1973-1.
Insight
Insight
Christoph Pleger has discovered that the GNU C Library (aka glibc) and its derivatives add information from the passwd.adjunct.byname map to entries in the passwd map, which allows local users to obtain the encrypted passwords of NIS accounts by calling the getpwnam function. For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.6.ds1-13etch10 of the glibc package. For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.7-18lenny2 of the glibc package. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.10.2-4 of the eglibc package. We recommend that you upgrade your glibc or eglibc package.
Solution
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201973-1