cve-2006-4246
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-09-19 18:00
Modified
2024-08-07 19:06
Severity ?
Summary
Usermin before 1.220 (20060629) allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, possibly related to chfn/save.cgi not properly handling an empty shell parameter, which results in changing root's shell instead of the shell of a specified user.
References
security@debian.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/21968Vendor Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/21981Patch, Vendor Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1509145&group_id=17457&atid=485894Patch
security@debian.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1177Patch
security@debian.orghttp://www.osreviews.net/reviews/admin/usermin
security@debian.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18574Patch
security@debian.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3668
security@debian.orghttp://www.webmin.com/uchanges.htmlPatch
security@debian.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29010
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/21968Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/21981Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1509145&group_id=17457&atid=485894Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1177Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osreviews.net/reviews/admin/usermin
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18574Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3668
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.webmin.com/uchanges.htmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29010
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