CVE-2004-1001: Debian Shadow

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Unknown vulnerability in the passwd_check function in Shadow 4.0.4.1, and possibly other versions before 4.0.5, allows local users to conduct unauthorized activities when an error from a pam_chauthtok function call is not properly handled.

Affected products

• Debian Shadow: version 4.0.4.1 only

Published 2005-03-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.