Updated shadow packages are available for Debian GNU/Linux

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 585-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
November 5th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : shadow
Vulnerability : programming error
Problem-Type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2004-1001

A vulnerability has been discovered in the shadow suite which provides programs like chfn and chsh. It is possible for a user, who is logged in but has an expired password to alter his account information with chfn or chsh without having to change the password. The problem was originally thought to be more severe.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 20000902-12woody1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4.0.3-30.3.

We recommend that you upgrade your passwd package (from the shadow suite).



Upgrade Instructions
---------------------

wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
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Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/shadow_20000902-12woody1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 639 0cf86eed97dc4d7e378828e2fe28e886
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/shadow_20000902-12woody1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 92075 5e6f576d4f073a114473126ce9e90c10
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/shadow_20000902.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 733922 b51537fa6f3f717d440b6f0cf95eab57

Alpha architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/login_20000902-12woody1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 119920 a8cb335e5b64386c204c98664a2498bf
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/passwd_20000902-12woody1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 406874 e12a34689305388ff172511188b179a4

ARM architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/login_20000902-12woody1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 103790 87fe95eac228c211f551b3a4de8bb8a5
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/passwd_20000902-12woody1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 272012 4a2cea7a31236ed7b0472f59edf01f4a

Intel IA-32 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/login_20000902-12woody1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 103778 338095117a08787f51256fa2e86661c3
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/passwd_20000902-12woody1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 275410 bd5487f119d3837150a4aee18ade236b

Intel IA-64 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/login_20000902-12woody1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 133494 bbd187d6fe4da8a8c503141e7c234802
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/passwd_20000902-12woody1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 507214 37128be0a49818afc7dd9fac3d0d2f88

HP Precision architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/login_20000902-12woody1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 109046 773cf097fbb1dcce39a23bd5be1f49e7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/passwd_20000902-12woody1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 313074 ee019fbdbc733b59a0d0a71b82d05c66

Motorola 680x0 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/login_20000902-12woody1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 101886 4d9a34f0172a44de4611b83c9c89f339
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/passwd_20000902-12woody1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 259036 20dba3b63116c50ed1e1480a5da34e10

Big endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/login_20000902-12woody1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 109012 6e50e2fa756270744ce99233e080d4c0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/passwd_20000902-12woody1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 368544 a7a3ad3c0a6bf2acf78e43f89ba7b428

Little endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/login_20000902-12woody1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 109206 b461b11835846033937877db49915aee
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/passwd_20000902-12woody1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 366398 0a7d4f1b15b0088272160ffd68970374

PowerPC architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/login_20000902-12woody1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 104674 92ad806fcbcfca0132a896af8c21398b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/passwd_20000902-12woody1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 281816 dfc1a214b13f9ef533597ab0ec5ecd27

IBM S/390 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/login_20000902-12woody1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 106168 3a6caf5db87e69943c3fe2b994b7789c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/passwd_20000902-12woody1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 280684 8a6144340a87b4abd7e127560e102499

Sun Sparc architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/login_20000902-12woody1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 111290 b5d5d9e3206785129372a89251c7ce8c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/shadow/passwd_20000902-12woody1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 355378 73e7bc9e0445ead000db4523839462fe


These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update.