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.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9102.php | Patch Vendor Advisory |
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_17_shadow.html | |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4757 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
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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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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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