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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200501-22
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: poppassd_pam: Unauthorized password changing
Date: January 11, 2005
Bugs: #75820
ID: 200501-22
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Synopsis
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poppassd_pam allows anyone to change any user's password without
authenticating the user first.
Background
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poppassd_pam is a PAM-enabled server for changing system passwords that
can be used to change POP server passwords.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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net-mail/poppassd_ceti <= 1.0 >= 1.8.4
net-mail/poppassd_pam <= 1.0 Vulnerable!
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Description
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Gentoo Linux developer Marcus Hanwell discovered that poppassd_pam did
not check that the old password was valid before changing passwords.
Our investigation revealed that poppassd_pam did not call
pam_authenticate before calling pam_chauthtok.
Impact
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A remote attacker could change the system password of any user,
including root. This leads to a complete compromise of the POP
accounts, and may also lead to a complete root compromise of the
affected server, if it also provides shell access authenticated using
system passwords.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All poppassd_pam users should migrate to the new package called
poppassd_ceti:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/poppassd_ceti-1.8.4"
Note: Portage will automatically replace the poppassd_pam package by
the poppassd_ceti package.
References
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[ 1 ] CAN-2005-0002
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0002
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200501-22.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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