shadow-4.1.4.3 -> shadow-4.1.5 UNRELEASED
-- general
+*** security
+ * su -c could be abused by the executed command to invoke commands with
+ the caller privileges. See below.
+
+*** general
* report usage error to stderr, but report usage help to stdout (and return
zero) when explicitly requested (e.g. with --help).
* initial support for tcb (http://openwall.com/tcb/) for useradd,
* Added support for ACLs and Extended Attributes in useradd and usermod.
Support shall be enabled with the new --with-acl or --with-attr
configure options.
+ * Added diagnosis for lock failures.
--chpasswd
+- chage
+ * Add --root option.
+- chfn
+ * Add --root option.
+- chgpasswd
+ * When the gshadow file exists but there are no gshadow entries, an entry
+ is created if the password is changed and group requires a
+ shadow entry.
+ * Add --root option.
+- chpasswd
* PAM enabled versions: restore the -e option to allow restoring
passwords without knowing those passwords. Restore together the -m
and -c options. (These options were removed in shadow-4.1.4 on PAM
enabled versions)
+ * When the shadow file exists but there are no shadow entries, an entry
+ is created if the password is changed and passwd requires a
+ shadow entry.
+ * Add --root option.
+- chsh
+ * Add --root option.
- faillog
* The -l, -m, -r, -t options only act on the existing users, unless -a is
specified.
+ * Add --root option.
+- gpasswd
+ * Add --root option.
+- groupadd
+ * Add --root option.
+- groupdel
+ * Add --root option.
+- groupmems
+ * Fix parsing of gshadow entries.
+ * Add --root option.
- groupmod
* Fixed groupmod when configured with --enable-account-tools-setuid.
--login
+ * When the gshadow file exists but there are no gshadow entries, an entry
+ is created if the password is changed and group requires a
+ shadow entry.
+ * Add --root option.
+- grpck
+ * Add --root option.
+ * NIS entries were dropped by -s (sort).
+- grpconv
+ * Add --root option.
+- grpunconv
+ * Add --root option.
+- lastlog
+ * Add --root option.
+- login
* Fixed limits support (non PAM enabled versions only)
* Added support for infinite limits and group based limits (non PAM
enabled versions only)
list of TTYs.
* Fixed warning and support for CONSOLE_GROUPS for users member of more
than 16 groups.
+ * Do not log into utmp(x) or wtmp when PAM is enabled. This is done by
+ pam_lastlog.
+- newgrp, sg
+ * Fix parsing of gshadow entries.
+- passwd
+ * Add --root option.
+- pwpck
+ * NIS entries were dropped by -s (sort).
+ * Add --root option.
+- pwconv
+ * Add --root option.
+- pwunconv
+ * Add --root option.
+- useradd
+ * If the skeleton directory contained hardlinked files, copies of the
+ hardlink were removed from the skeleton directory.
+ * Add --root option.
+- userdel
+ * Check the existence of the user's mail spool before trying to remove
+ it. If it does not exist, a warning is issued, but no failure.
+ * Do not remove a group with the same name as the user (usergroup) if
+ this group isn't the user's primary group.
+ * Add --root option.
+- usermod
+ * Accept options in any order (username not necessarily at the end)
+ * When the shadow file exists but there are no shadow entries, an entry
+ is created if the password is changed and passwd requires a
+ shadow entry, or if aging features are used (-e or -f).
+ * Add --root option.
- su
* Document the su exit values.
* When su receives a signal, wait for the child to terminate (after
list of TTYs.
* Fixed warning and support for CONSOLE_GROUPS for users member of more
than 16 groups.
-- newgrp, sg, groupmems
- * Fix parsing of gshadow entries.
-- useradd
- * If the skeleton directory contained hardlinked files, copies of the
- hardlink were removed from the skeleton directory.
-- usermod
- * Accept options in any order (username not necessarily at the end)
+ * Do not forward the controlling terminal to commands executed with -c.
+ This prevents tty hijacking which could lead to execution with the
+ caller's privileges.
+ * Close PAM sessions as root. This will be more friendly to PAM modules
+ like pam_mount or pam_systemd.
+ * Added support for PAM modules which change PAM_USER.
*** translation
+ * Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation.
+ * Updated Catalan translation.
* Updated Czech translation.
- * Updated Vietnamese translation.
+ * Updated Danish translation.
+ * Updated French translation.
+ * Updated French man pages translation.
+ * Updated German translation.
+ * Updated German man pages translation.
+ * Updated Japanese translation.
* Updated Kazakh translation.
+ * Updated Portuguese translation.
+ * Updated Russian translation.
+ * Updated Simplified Chinese translation.
+ * Updated Simplified Chinese man pages translation.
+ * Updated Swedish translation.
+ * Updated Vietnamese translation.
shadow-4.1.4.2 -> shadow-4.1.4.3 2011-02-15
-*** security:
+*** security
- CVE-2011-0721: An insufficient input sanitation in chfn can be exploited
to create users or groups in a NIS environment.
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