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Subject:
Security ERRATA for shadow-utils on SL4.x i386/x86_64
From:
Connie Sieh <[log in to unmask]>
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Connie Sieh <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 14 May 2007 15:53:43 -0500
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Synopsis:          Low: shadow-utils security and bug fix update
Issue date:        2007-05-01
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)

SRPMS:
 	shadow-utils-4.0.3-61.RHEL4.src.rpm

i386:
 	shadow-utils-4.0.3-61.RHEL4.i386.rpm

x86_64:
 	shadow-utils-4.0.3-61.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

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