security advisorysecurity issuedebian In this Apache module, expiration status of the user's account and password were not enforced.. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 421-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Matt Zimmerman January 12th, 2004 Debian -- Debian security FAQ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : mod-auth-shadow Vulnerability : password expiration Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE Ids : CAN-2004-0041 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. For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.3-3.1woody.1 For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.4-1. We recommend that you update your mod-auth-shadow package. Upgrade Instructions - -------------------- wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody - -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 628 0631b85270f5e589909ce3618976bffe Size/MD5 checksum: 5453 b5f344fb69005ca149bacf286844832f Size/MD5 checksum: 7476 3ad4432193ac603049ad0f2fa94f2054 Alphaarchitecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 11970 d73f8c7bbc56f603aff27c9e0839c685 ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 11064 a016baa2812a950e0daed4930e06064a Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 11116 37050a0429d599a878f52a78f64c53a1 Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 13230 12e15d476e2923212066955329572fc8 HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 11810 dc63de9f64595d784f76b7ba4a42f19b Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 11078 f2e0f2c0a0fac24061d9043749c1d4da Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 11230 2ddbceff8f93ad432e090b634244c4f5 Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 11232 55320be2e6212242eb00310716ae346a PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 11122 2ee5de78bdd4112d53be7416185fcc64 IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 11262 1d3b72a731147bb7b59255844036f024 Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 14240 cbe2bc47536b40fa46c8eb400a8b7db1 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next revision. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb Debian -- Security Information stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Package info: `apt-cache show ' and https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages . Stay updated regarding the solution for the mod-auth-shadow account expiration flaw highlighted in Debian's DSA 421-1.. mod-auth-shadow, user account security, Debian patches, apache modules. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 12, 2004 •Critical Debian 
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