Bug 114742 – CAN-2004-0080 "login" information leak

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Bug 114742 - CAN-2004-0080 "login" information leak

Summary:	CAN-2004-0080 "login" information leak

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	util-linux (Show other bugs)
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Version:	2.1
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Elliot Lee
QA Contact:	Ben Levenson
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Keywords:	Security

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Reported:	2004-02-02 05:37 EST by Mark J. Cox
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:06 EST (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Last Closed:	2004-02-03 03:22:25 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2004:056	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: util-linux security update	2004-01-30 00:00:00 EST

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Description Mark J. Cox 2004-02-02 05:37:22 EST

Reported to security@redhat.com an issue in the login program.  In
some situations, the login program could use a pointer that had been
freed and reallocated. This could cause unintentional data leakage. 
This could cause things like passwords getting written to wtmp under
certain conditions (a certain sequence of incorrect logins are
performed with certain length passwords etc).

Note: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and Red Hat Linux 9 are not
vulnerable to this issue.

Updated packages will be available under advisory RHSA-2004:056

Comment 1 Mark J. Cox 2004-02-03 03:22:25 EST

An errata has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. 
This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen 
this bug report if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-056.html

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