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shadow: denial of service

Package(s):shadow CVE #(s):
Created:April 11, 2011 Updated:April 13, 2011
Description: From the Slackware advisory:

Corrected a packaging error where incorrect permissions on /usr/sbin/lastlog and /usr/sbin/faillog allow any user to set login failure limits on any other user (including root), potentially leading to a denial of service. Thanks to pyllyukko for discovering and reporting this vulnerability.

Alerts:
Slackware SSA:2011-101-01 2011-04-11
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