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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200305-02
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          PACKAGE : shadow
          SUMMARY : PAM workaround for OpenSSH user identification
             DATE : 2003-05-13 10:13 UTC
          EXPLOIT : remote
VERSIONS AFFECTED : =shadow-4.0.3-r5
              CVE : CAN-2003-0190

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Updated shadow package that contains a workarkaround for OpenSSH user
identification problem discussed in  


SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
sys-apps/shadow upgrade to shadow-4.0.3-r5 as follows:

emerge sync
emerge shadow
emerge clean

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aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at   
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Gentoo: shadow user id vulnerability

Updated shadow package that contains a workarkaround for OpenSSH user identification problem.

Summary


GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200305-02


Updated shadow package that contains a workarkaround for OpenSSH user
identification problem discussed in  


SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
sys-apps/shadow upgrade to shadow-4.0.3-r5 as follows:

emerge sync
emerge shadow
emerge clean

aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at

Resolution

References


Availability

Concerns


Severity
PACKAGE : shadow
SUMMARY : PAM workaround for OpenSSH user identification
DATE : 2003-05-13 10:13 UTC
EXPLOIT : remote
VERSIONS AFFECTED : =shadow-4.0.3-r5
CVE : CAN-2003-0190

Synopsis

Background

Affected Packages

Impact

Workaround

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