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TITLE:
Ubuntu update for shadow

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA42505

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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http://secunia.com/advisories/42505/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=42505

RELEASE DATE:
2011-03-05

DISCUSS ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/42505/#comments

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http://secunia.com/advisories/42505/

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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=42505

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http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/
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DESCRIPTION:
Ubuntu has issued an update for shadow. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to manipulate
certain data.

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error in the
"chfn" and "chsh" utilities, which does not properly handle newlines
characters when updating the GECOS fields. This can be exploited to
add arbitrary content to the /etc/passwd file and e.g. create NIS
users or groups.

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
USN-1065-1:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1065-1

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

DEEP LINKS:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED SOLUTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXPLOIT:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

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