17620 : Dominion SX /etc/shadow Permission Weakness Hashed Password Disclosure
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
2	305	over 6 years ago	over 3 years ago	0 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2005-06-29	2005-06-29

Description

Dominion SX contains a flaw that may lead to an unauthorized information disclosure. The issue is due to the /etc/shadow file having world-readable permissions by default, which will disclose the root user's password hash resulting in a loss of confidentiality.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Information Disclosure
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Raritan has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Raritan Computer Inc.

Dominion SX

2.2.11

References

Bugtraq ID: 14084
Secunia Advisory ID: 15853
Related OSVDB ID: 17621
CVE ID: 2005-2136 (see also: NVD)
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-06/0248.html
Vendor URL: http://www.raritan.com/products/
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://www.raritan.com/support/sup_upgrades.aspx

Credit

Dirk Wetter -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.6
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-07-06 | Disagree?

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