CVE-2017-12424
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 4, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 4, 2017
Description
In shadow before 4.5, the newusers tool could be made to manipulate internal data structures in ways unintended by the authors. Malformed input may lead to crashes (with a buffer overflow or other memory corruption) or other unspecified behaviors. This crosses a privilege boundary in, for example, certain web-hosting environments in which a Control Panel allows an unprivileged user account to create subaccounts.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756630
- GLSA-201710-16vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/commit/954e3d2e7113e9ac06632aee3c69b8d818cc8952
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1266675
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210317 [SECURITY] [DLA 2596-1] shadow security updatemailing-list
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