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A patch for shadow-utils 20000902 causes the useradd...

Low severity Unreviewed Published Apr 30, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 30, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

A patch for shadow-utils 20000902 causes the useradd command to create a mail spool files with read/write privileges of the new user's group (mode 660), which allows other users in the same group to read or modify the new user's incoming email.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 3, 2003
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 30, 2022
Last updated Jan 30, 2023

Severity

Low

EPSS score

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Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2002-1509

GHSA ID

GHSA-qq5x-4fxh-3qvh

Source code

No known source code

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