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Gentoo: 200501-22 High: poppassd_pam Unauthorized Password Change

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Calendar Grey January 11, 2005
Scroller Gentoo
Unapproved alteration of credentials flaw in poppassd_pam enables intruders to take over user profiles.
poppassd_pam allows anyone to change any user's password without authenticating the user first.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200501-22 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: poppassd_pam: Unauthorized password changing Date: January 11, 2005 Bugs: #75820 ID: 200501-22

Synopsis ======= poppassd_pam allows anyone to change any user's password without authenticating the user first.
Background ========= poppassd_pam is a PAM-enabled server for changing system passwords that can be used to change POP server passwords.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- net-mail/poppassd_ceti <= 1.0 >= 1.8.4 net-mail/poppassd_pam <= 1.0 Vulnerable! -------------------------------------------------------------------
========== Gentoo Linux developer Marcus Hanwell discovered that poppassd_pam did not check that the old password was valid before c...

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