shadow package in SuSE 8.0 allows local users to destroy the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files or assign extra group privileges to some users by changing filesize limits before calling programs that modify the files.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00

Updated: 2002-07-31T09:00:00

Reserved: 2002-07-25T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2002-0762

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2002-08-12T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2008-09-10T19:12:50.960


Link: CVE-2002-0762

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