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cmd5checkpw Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA14404
Release Date: 2005-02-28
Popularity: 6,489 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:cmd5checkpw

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Advisory Content (Page 2 of 3)[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

Solution:
Remove the setuid bit. This may affect the functionality.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Florian Westphal

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-30.xml

Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]



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