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ESB-2004.0027 -- Debian Security Advisory DSA 421-1 -- New mod-auth-shadow packages fix password expiration checking

Date: 13 January 2004

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            ESB-2004.0027 -- Debian Security Advisory DSA 421-1
       New mod-auth-shadow packages fix password expiration checking
                              13 January 2004

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:                mod-auth-shadow
Publisher:              Debian
Operating System:       Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
                        Linux
                        UNIX
Impact:                 Inappropriate Access
Access Required:        Existing Account
CVE Names:              CAN-2004-0041

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 421-1                     security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                             Matt Zimmerman
January 12th, 2004                      http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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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
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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
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  Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mod-auth-shadow/mod-auth-shadow_1.3-3.1woody.1.dsc
      Size/MD5 checksum:      628 0631b85270f5e589909ce3618976bffe
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mod-auth-shadow/mod-auth-shadow_1.3-3.1woody.1.diff.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:     5453 b5f344fb69005ca149bacf286844832f
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mod-auth-shadow/mod-auth-shadow_1.3.orig.tar.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:     7476 3ad4432193ac603049ad0f2fa94f2054

  Alpha architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mod-auth-shadow/libapache-mod-auth-shadow_1.3-3.1woody.1_alpha.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    11970 d73f8c7bbc56f603aff27c9e0839c685

  ARM architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mod-auth-shadow/libapache-mod-auth-shadow_1.3-3.1woody.1_arm.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    11064 a016baa2812a950e0daed4930e06064a

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mod-auth-shadow/libapache-mod-auth-shadow_1.3-3.1woody.1_i386.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    11116 37050a0429d599a878f52a78f64c53a1

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mod-auth-shadow/libapache-mod-auth-shadow_1.3-3.1woody.1_ia64.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    13230 12e15d476e2923212066955329572fc8

  HP Precision architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mod-auth-shadow/libapache-mod-auth-shadow_1.3-3.1woody.1_hppa.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    11810 dc63de9f64595d784f76b7ba4a42f19b

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mod-auth-shadow/libapache-mod-auth-shadow_1.3-3.1woody.1_m68k.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    11078 f2e0f2c0a0fac24061d9043749c1d4da

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mod-auth-shadow/libapache-mod-auth-shadow_1.3-3.1woody.1_mips.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    11230 2ddbceff8f93ad432e090b634244c4f5

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mod-auth-shadow/libapache-mod-auth-shadow_1.3-3.1woody.1_mipsel.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    11232 55320be2e6212242eb00310716ae346a

  PowerPC architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mod-auth-shadow/libapache-mod-auth-shadow_1.3-3.1woody.1_powerpc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    11122 2ee5de78bdd4112d53be7416185fcc64

  IBM S/390 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mod-auth-shadow/libapache-mod-auth-shadow_1.3-3.1woody.1_s390.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    11262 1d3b72a731147bb7b59255844036f024

  Sun Sparc architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mod-auth-shadow/libapache-mod-auth-shadow_1.3-3.1woody.1_sparc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    14240 cbe2bc47536b40fa46c8eb400a8b7db1

  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next revision.

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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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