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HP-UX: CVE-2006-1248: usermod Recursive Ownership Error (B.11.23)

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HP-UX: CVE-2006-1248: usermod Recursive Ownership Error (B.11.23)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/17/2006
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/11/2017
Modified
09/12/2017

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in usermod in HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.11, and B.11.23, when run with certain options that involve a new home directory, might cause usermod to change the ownership of all directories and files under the new directory, which might result in less secure permissions than intended.

Solution(s)

  • hpux-apply-phco-33142
  • hpux-apply-phco-34763
  • hpux-apply-phco-34764
  • hpux-cve-2006-1248

References

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