CVE-2004-1001

NameCVE-2004-1001
DescriptionUnknown vulnerability in the passwd_check function in Shadow 4.0.4.1, and possibly other versions before 4.0.5, allows local users to conduct unauthorized activities when an error from a pam_chauthtok function call is not properly handled.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-585-1
Debian Bugs309587

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
shadow (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1:4.2-3+deb8u5fixed
stretch (security)1:4.4-4.1+deb9u1fixed
stretch (lts), stretch1:4.4-4.1+deb9u2fixed
buster, buster (lts)1:4.5-1.1+deb10u1fixed
bullseye1:4.8.1-1fixed
bookworm1:4.13+dfsg1-1fixed
sid, trixie1:4.16.0-7fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
shadowsourcewoody20000902-12woody1DSA-585-1
shadowsourcesarge1:4.0.3-31sarge5309587
shadowsource(unstable)1:4.0.3-35

Notes

Fixed in shadow 1:4.0.3-30.3 for the first time.
Apparently, the fix was lost somehow, see #309587.
It was reapplied to sarge before the release, and to sid in
version 1:4.0.3-35.

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