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        "text": "Updated lspp-eal4-config-ibm and capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp packages that\nfix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.\n\nThis update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red\nHat Security Response Team.",
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        "text": "The lspp-eal4-config-ibm and capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp packages contain\nutilities and documentation for configuring a machine for the Controlled\nAccess Protection Profile, or the Labeled Security Protection Profile.\n\nIt was discovered that use of the \"capp-lspp-config\" script results in the\n\"/etc/pam.d/system-auth\" file being set to world-writable. Authorized local\nusers who have limited privileges could then exploit this to gain\nadditional access, or to escalate their privileges. (CVE-2008-0884)\n\nThis issue only affects users who have installed either of these packages\nfrom the Red Hat FTP site as their base system configuration kickstart\nscript.\n\nNew deployments using the lspp-eal4-config-ibm or capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp\npackages are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve\nthis issue.\n\nFor systems already deployed, the following command can be run as root to\nrestore the permissions to a secure setting:\n\nchmod 0644 /etc/pam.d/system-auth",
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        "text": "This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.",
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          "text": "The Replace function in the capp-lspp-config script in the (1) lspp-eal4-config-ibm and (2) capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp packages before 0.65-2 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 uses lstat instead of stat to determine the /etc/pam.d/system-auth file permissions, leading to a change to world-writable permissions for the /etc/pam.d/system-auth-ac file, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying this file.",
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          "text": "system-auth-ac is world-writable",
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          "text": "The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product\u0027s status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.",
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          "details": "This update is available via the Red Hat FTP site.  \n\nftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/eal/EAL4_RHEL5/IBM/RPMS/lspp-eal4-config-ibm-0.65-2.el5.noarch.rpm\nftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/eal/EAL4_RHEL5/HP/RPMS/capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp-0.65-2.el5.noarch.rpm",
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