Date:         Mon, 14 May 2007 15:53:43 -0500
Reply-To:     Connie Sieh 
Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux
              
From:         Connie Sieh 
Subject:      Security ERRATA for shadow-utils on SL4.x i386/x86_64
Comments: To: scientific 

Synopsis:          Low: shadow-utils security and bug fix update
Issue date:        2007-05-01
CVE Names:         CVE-2006-1174

A flaw was found in the useradd tool in shadow-utils. A new user's
mailbox, when created, could have random permissions for a short period.
This could allow a local attacker to read or modify the mailbox.
(CVE-2006-1174)

SRPMS:
 	shadow-utils-4.0.3-61.RHEL4.src.rpm

i386:
 	shadow-utils-4.0.3-61.RHEL4.i386.rpm

x86_64:
 	shadow-utils-4.0.3-61.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson