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HP-UX usermod Recursive Ownership Change Security Issue
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA19305
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Release Date:
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2006-03-20
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Last Update:
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2006-03-21
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Popularity:
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8,463 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Workaround
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| OS: | HP-UX 11.x
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Description:
A security issue has been reported in HP-UX, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
The security issue is caused due to an error in the "usermod" command within the handling of the "-u" and "-m" commandline options. When "usermod" is used with these options, the ownership of all files and directories under the specified directory will be recursively changed to the specified user unintentionally.
The security issue has been reported in HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.11, and B.11.23, with the PHCO_29269, PHCO_30275, or PHCO_32181 patches installed.
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