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                                  CERT-Renater

                       Note d'Information No. 2004/VULN495
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DATE                      : 18/11/2004

HARDWARE PLATFORM(S)      : /

OPERATING SYSTEM(S)       : Systems running shadow-utils.

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                  Mandrakelinux Security Update Advisory
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  Package name:           shadow-utils
  Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2004:126
  Date:                   November 4th, 2004

  Affected versions:	 10.0, 10.1, 9.2, Corporate Server 2.1,
			 Multi Network Firewall 8.2
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  Problem Description:

  A vulnerability in the shadow suite was discovered by Martin Schulze
  that can be exploited by local users to bypass certain security
  restrictions due to an input validation error in the passwd_check()
  function.  This function is used by the chfn and chsh tools.

  The updated packages have been patched to prevent this problem.
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  References:

   http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1001
   http://secunia.com/advisories/13028
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  Updated Packages:

  Mandrakelinux 10.0:
  0ba43408dbd43f4cb91f0409c55d2a33  10.0/RPMS/shadow-utils-4.0.3-8.1.100mdk.i586.rpm
  b614188ebd45398b9211c623703e192f  10.0/SRPMS/shadow-utils-4.0.3-8.1.100mdk.src.rpm

  Mandrakelinux 10.0/AMD64:
  ab7dd6ff065b58c3566cb7b22d3621f9  amd64/10.0/RPMS/shadow-utils-4.0.3-8.1.100mdk.amd64.rpm
  b614188ebd45398b9211c623703e192f  amd64/10.0/SRPMS/shadow-utils-4.0.3-8.1.100mdk.src.rpm

  Mandrakelinux 10.1:
  f4eb58ab0b8da58a33ce2c0cf4c7d87f  10.1/RPMS/shadow-utils-4.0.3-8.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
  89fe1fc7fe11812bd4a1ae913334d7f6  10.1/SRPMS/shadow-utils-4.0.3-8.1.101mdk.src.rpm

  Mandrakelinux 10.1/X86_64:
  e99e42d23e61c94beeeaf4a34c87bf03  x86_64/10.1/RPMS/shadow-utils-4.0.3-8.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
  89fe1fc7fe11812bd4a1ae913334d7f6  x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/shadow-utils-4.0.3-8.1.101mdk.src.rpm

  Corporate Server 2.1:
  6af1c44ec3708155e84453f24d02ecaf  corporate/2.1/RPMS/shadow-utils-20000902-10.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm
  fda9c8a42041a45fce3b89ac7c5fa4bc  corporate/2.1/SRPMS/shadow-utils-20000902-10.1.C21mdk.src.rpm

  Corporate Server 2.1/x86_64:
  793499a2e451a4e094071ec99b5e938c  x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/shadow-utils-20000902-10.1.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
  fda9c8a42041a45fce3b89ac7c5fa4bc  x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/shadow-utils-20000902-10.1.C21mdk.src.rpm

  Mandrakelinux 9.2:
  24cf182746a19950907d229076a36a50  9.2/RPMS/shadow-utils-4.0.3-5.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
  002303dab59ab225b54c7326e65fd6e2  9.2/SRPMS/shadow-utils-4.0.3-5.1.92mdk.src.rpm

  Mandrakelinux 9.2/AMD64:
  cb2c6e2a866acd66b199d26c931156ed  amd64/9.2/RPMS/shadow-utils-4.0.3-5.1.92mdk.amd64.rpm
  002303dab59ab225b54c7326e65fd6e2  amd64/9.2/SRPMS/shadow-utils-4.0.3-5.1.92mdk.src.rpm

  Multi Network Firewall 8.2:
  b37dbc5eeb09399f5227559779b1c7d9  mnf8.2/RPMS/shadow-utils-20000902-5.2.M82mdk.i586.rpm
  bbe070cc85b48a9f79234aded8d14d3f  mnf8.2/SRPMS/shadow-utils-20000902-5.2.M82mdk.src.rpm
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  To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi.  The verification
  of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

  All packages are signed by Mandrakesoft for security.  You can obtain
  the GPG public key of the Mandrakelinux Security Team by executing:

   gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

  You can view other update advisories for Mandrakelinux at:

   http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories

  If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

   security_linux-mandrake.com

  Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
  pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team
   <security linux-mandrake.com>

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