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  • Keyword (text search): cpe:2.3:a:debian:shadow:4.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Vuln ID Summary CVSS Severity
CVE-2005-4890

There is a possible tty hijacking in shadow 4.x before 4.1.5 and sudo 1.x before 1.7.4 via "su - user -c program". The user session can be escaped to the parent session by using the TIOCSTI ioctl to push characters into the input buffer to be read by the next process.

Published: November 04, 2019; 2:15:10 PM -0500 		V4.0:(not available)
 V3.1: 7.8 HIGH
V2.0: 7.2 HIGH
CVE-2006-1844

The Debian installer for the (1) shadow 4.0.14 and (2) base-config 2.53.10 packages includes sensitive information in world-readable log files, including preseeded passwords and pppoeconf passwords, which might allow local users to gain privileges.

Published: April 19, 2006; 12:06:00 PM -0400 		V4.0:(not available)
 V3.x:(not available)
 V2.0: 2.1 LOW