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Debian DSA-421-1 : mod-auth-shadow - password expiration

high Nessus Plugin ID 15258

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

David B Harris discovered a problem with mod-auth-shadow, an Apache module which authenticates users against the system shadow password database, where the expiration status of the user's account and password were not enforced. This vulnerability would allow an otherwise authorized user to successfully authenticate, when the attempt should be rejected due to the expiration parameters.

Solution

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.3-3.1woody.1

We recommend that you update your mod-auth-shadow package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-421

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15258

File Name: debian_DSA-421.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mod-auth-shadow, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 1/12/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0041

BID: 9404

CWE: 264

DSA: 421