Synopsis: Low: shadow-utils security and bug fix update
Issue date: 2007-06-11
CVE Names: CVE-2006-1174
A flaw was found in the useradd tool in shadow-utils. A new user's
mailbox, when created, could have random permissions for a short period.
This could allow a local attacker to read or modify the mailbox.
(CVE-2006-1174)
SL 3.0.x
SRPMS:
shadow-utils-4.0.3-29.RHEL3.src.rpm
i386:
shadow-utils-4.0.3-29.RHEL3.i386.rpm
x86_64:
shadow-utils-4.0.3-29.RHEL3.x86_64.rpm
-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson