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CVE-2006-1174 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc	CVE
http://cvs.pld.org.pl/shadow/NEWS?rev=1.109	CVE
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/20370	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20506	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25098	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25267	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25629	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25894	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25896	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26909	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27706	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26958	CVE
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1357	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10807	CVE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-249.htm	CVE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-02.xml	CVE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312692	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:090	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0276.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0431.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468336/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18111	CVE	Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018221	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2006	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229	CVE	Vendor Advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc	[email protected]
http://cvs.pld.org.pl/shadow/NEWS?rev=1.109	[email protected]
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/20370	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20506	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25098	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25267	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25629	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25894	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25896	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26909	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27706	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26958	[email protected]
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1357	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10807	[email protected]
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-249.htm	[email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-02.xml	[email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312692	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:090	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0276.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0431.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468336/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18111	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018221	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2006	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

see all 52 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
debian shadow	<= 4.0.7 4.0.0 4.0.1 4.0.2 4.0.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:debian:shadow:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:debian:shadow:4.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:debian:shadow:4.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:debian:shadow:4.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:debian:shadow:4.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:debian:shadow:4.0.4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:debian:shadow:4.0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:debian:shadow:4.0.6:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

debian shadow

<= 4.0.7

4.0.0

4.0.1

4.0.2

4.0.4

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:debian:shadow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:shadow:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:shadow:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:shadow:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:shadow:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:shadow:4.0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:shadow:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:shadow:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

16 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 11, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Aug 11, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Aug 11, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Aug 11, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Aug 11, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Aug 11, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Aug 11, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Aug 11, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 18, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 20, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 30, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]