70421 : libuser luseradd Default Password Weakness
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Disclosure Date
2011-01-13

Description

By default, luseradd assigns a default password when no password is specified. This allows attackers to trivially access new user accounts, or accounts that have never had a password change.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Authentication Management
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Workaround, Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.57 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. Additionally, the following workaround is available.
Immediately after installation, change all default installed accounts to use a unique and secure password. When possible, change default account names to custom names as well.

Products

libuser

0.56.18

References

Security Tracker: 1024960
CVE ID: 2011-0002 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 42891 42966 43047 46529
Bugtraq ID: 45791
ISS X-Force ID: 64677
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2011-0184
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053365.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053378.html
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000149.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643227
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-0002
https://fedorahosted.org/libuser/browser/NEWS?rev=libuser-0.57
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: https://fedorahosted.org/libuser/browser/NEWS?rev=1579%3A1114f9b1a156
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2011:0170

Credit

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.4
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-01-24 | Disagree?

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