Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840229
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-695-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'shadow' package(s) announced via the USN-695-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'shadow' package(s) announced via the USN-695-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Paul Szabo discovered a race condition in login. While setting up tty permissions, login did not correctly handle symlinks. If a local attacker were able to gain control of the system utmp file, they could cause login to change the ownership and permissions on arbitrary files, leading to a root privilege escalation. Affected Software/OS: 'shadow' package(s) on Ubuntu 6.06, Ubuntu 7.10, Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 8.10. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.2 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5394 BugTraq ID: 32552 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32552 Bugtraq: 20081130 /bin/login gives root to group utmp (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498769/100/0/threaded https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7313 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-24.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:062 http://osvdb.org/52200 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4695 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-695-1 XForce ISS Database: debian-login-symlink(47037) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47037
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