Filesize Limit Vulnerability in Shadow Package

CVE-2002-0762 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

shadow package in SuSE 8.0 allows local users to destroy the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files or assign extra group privileges to some users by changing filesize limits before calling programs that modify the files.

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