Description
A patch for shadow-utils 20000902 causes the useradd command to create a mail spool files with read/write privileges of the new user's group (mode 660), which allows other users in the same group to read or modify the new user's incoming email.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2002-1492 | A patch for shadow-utils 20000902 causes the useradd command to create a mail spool files with read/write privileges of the new user's group (mode 660), which allows other users in the same group to read or modify the new user's incoming email. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-08T03:26:28.671Z
Reserved: 2003-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2002-1509
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Status : Modified
Published: 2003-03-03T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627
Link: CVE-2002-1509
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD