caldera.coas.shadow.txt

`Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 20:26:16 -0600  
From: synapse <[email protected]>  
To: [email protected]  
Subject: Caldera Advisory  
  
Heya Aleph,  
  
Not sure if this had come accross the list.  
  
  
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Caldera Systems, Inc. Security Advisory  
  
Subject: COAS  
Advisory number: CSSA-1999:009.0  
Issue date: 1999 04 27  
Cross reference:  
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1. Problem Description  
  
/etc/shadow may get world readable  
  
  
2. Vulnerable Versions  
  
Systems: OpenLinux 2.2.  
Packages: previous to coas-1.0-8  
  
  
3. Solutions  
  
  
The proper solution is to upgrade to the coas-1.0-8 package.  
If /etc/shadow is world-readable, this is fixed with  
  
chmod 600 /etc/shadow  
  
  
4. Location of Fixed Packages  
  
The upgrade packages can be found on Caldera's FTP site at:  
  
ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/OpenLinux/updates/2.2/current/RPMS/  
  
The corresponding source code package can be found at:  
  
ftp://ftp.calderaystems.com/pub/OpenLinux/updates/2.2/current/SRPMS  
  
  
5. Installing Fixed Packages  
  
Upgrade the affected packages with the following commands:  
  
rpm -q coas && rpm -U coas-1.0-8.i386.rpm  
  
  
6. Verification  
  
The MD5 checksums (from the "md5sum" command) for these packages are:  
  
1efa8cde40f5684293e03c2499f2f59f README  
b3fa473f6ba574052991bf2254bd378d RPMS/coas-1.0-8.i386.rpm  
3bfa00aa3230f97537e8baa2c0454d08 SRPMS/coas-1.0-8.src.rpm  
  
  
7. References  
  
This and other Caldera security resources are located at:  
  
http://www.calderasystems.com/news/security/index.html  
  
Additional documentation on this problem can be found in:  
  
  
This security fix closes Caldera's internal Problem Report 4544.  
  
  
8. Disclaimer  
  
Caldera Systems, Inc. is not responsible for the misuse of any of the  
information we provide on this website and/or through our security  
advisories. Our advisories are a service to our customers intended to  
promote secure installation and use of Caldera OpenLinux.  
  
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