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Ubuntu Installer Empty Root Password Security Issue
Secunia Advisory: SA21022
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Release Date: 2006-07-13
Last Update: 2006-07-18
Popularity: 9,024 views

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

OS:Ubuntu Linux 6.06
Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

-- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS --

Source archives:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...adow/shadow_4.0.13-7ubuntu3.2.diff.gz
Size/MD5: 204800 1b29e1615364944d98ea95498d6058b8
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...s/shadow/shadow_4.0.13-7ubuntu3.2.dsc
Size/MD5: 885 8ccf50d026fa2c4cffe85330f0d0985a
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/s/shadow/shadow_4.0.13.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5: 1622557 034fab52e187e63cb52f153bb7f304c8
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo.../user-setup/user-setup_1.1ubuntu4.dsc
Size/MD5: 678 544762def71fb062b6d6f5484a4d7c45
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...er-setup/user-setup_1.1ubuntu4.tar.gz
Size/MD5: 98334 f8d648ce6a9a007740b0e175b92385eb

Architecture independent packages:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...p/user-setup-udeb_1.1ubuntu4_all.udeb
Size/MD5: 79418 4ec2af1d5e09f129d486c142575f4081
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...r-setup/user-setup_1.1ubuntu4_all.deb
Size/MD5: 161864 bc876d6099a323cebd2ffc94df41db06

amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...dow/login_4.0.13-7ubuntu3.2_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 249450 bfdba1450cbe14f6c71f5d9dee5df9b3
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...ow/passwd_4.0.13-7ubuntu3.2_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 683510 547ad48ac45f6f11cacbd268f42b152a

i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...adow/login_4.0.13-7ubuntu3.2_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 240938 8500a4c2ab53f11b3fb8cb7fb4e00c78
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...dow/passwd_4.0.13-7ubuntu3.2_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 616346 a29d90e0ae7c7c70cbeffcbfba6bf04e

powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...w/login_4.0.13-7ubuntu3.2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 251380 bd408187e20f19222e2b4fefe8706552
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo.../passwd_4.0.13-7ubuntu3.2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 665158 4975fe8598b4a8adc98fabcee1b4cb8e

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...dow/login_4.0.13-7ubuntu3.2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 239930 85dde4bfa6d09491338f70efe9d6d336
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...ow/passwd_4.0.13-7ubuntu3.2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 620124 b0fcdadde2568b1a8324e2500718a18b

Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Iwan Pieterse.

Changelog:
2006-07-18: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-316-1

Change Page:
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