Package : mod-auth-shadow Vulnerability : programming error Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-2963 Debian Bug : 323789
A vulnerability in mod_auth_shadow, an Apache module that lets users perform HTTP authentication against /etc/shadow, has been discovered. The module runs for all locations that use the 'require group' directive which would bypass access restrictions controlled by another authorisation mechanism, such as AuthGroupFile file, if the username is listed in the password file and in the gshadow file in the proper group and the supplied password matches against the one in the shadow file.
This update requires an explicit "AuthShadow on" statement if website authentication should be checked against /etc/shadow.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.3-3.1woody.2.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.4-1sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.4-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your libapache-mod-auth-shadow package.
Upgrade Instructions - --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody - --------------------------------