CVE-2002-0762 Information

Description

shadow package in SuSE 8.0 allows local users to destroy the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files or assign extra group privileges to some users by changing filesize limits before calling programs that modify the files.

Reference

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9102.php http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_17_shadow.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4757