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passwd: various problems

Package(s):

passwd

CVE #(s):

Created:

May 17, 2004

Updated:

June 2, 2004

Description:

Steve Grubb found some problems in the passwd program. Passwords given to passwd via stdin are one character shorter than they are supposed to be. He also discovered that pam may not have been sufficiently initialized to ensure safe and proper operation. A few small memory leaks have been fixed as well.

Alerts:

Mandrake

MDKSA-2004:045

2004-05-17

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