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Debian DSA-1150-1 : shadow - programming error

high Nessus Plugin ID 22692

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

A bug has been discovered in several packages that execute the setuid() system call without checking for success when trying to drop privileges, which may fail with some PAM configurations.

Solution

Upgrade the passwd package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 4.0.3-31sarge8.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1150

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22692

File Name: debian_DSA-1150.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:shadow, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/5/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3378

BID: 18850

DSA: 1150