Description
useradd in shadow-utils before 4.0.3, and possibly other versions before 4.0.8, does not provide a required argument to the open function when creating a new user mailbox, which causes the mailbox to be created with unpredictable permissions and possibly allows attackers to read or modify the mailbox.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2006-1178 | useradd in shadow-utils before 4.0.3, and possibly other versions before 4.0.8, does not provide a required argument to the open function when creating a new user mailbox, which causes the mailbox to be created with unpredictable permissions and possibly allows attackers to read or modify the mailbox. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: certcc
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T17:03:28.515Z
Reserved: 2006-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2006-1174
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Status : Modified
Published: 2006-05-28T23:02:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627
Link: CVE-2006-1174
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD