DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1174

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-1174
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1174.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1174
Upstream
Published
2006-05-28T23:02:00Z
Modified
2026-09-12T06:47:25Z
Summary
[none]
Details

useradd in shadow-utils before 4.0.3, and possibly other versions before 4.0.8, does not provide a required argument to the open function when creating a new user mailbox, which causes the mailbox to be created with unpredictable permissions and possibly allows attackers to read or modify the mailbox.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / shadow

Package

Name
shadow
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/shadow?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:4.0.15-10

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1174.json"

Debian:13 / shadow

Package

Name
shadow
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/shadow?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:4.0.15-10

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1174.json"

Debian:14 / shadow

Package

Name
shadow
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/shadow?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:4.0.15-10

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1174.json"