MGASA-2017-0024: shadow-utils Mageia

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 27-01-2017Last modified 16-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

MGASA-2017-0024 is a vulnerability in shadow-utils Mageia with no CVSS score yet.

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KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 2 · Downstream 0
CVE-2016-6251CVE-2016-6252

Timeline

  1. 27-01-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Updated shadow-utils packages fix security vulnerabilities It was found that shadow-utils-4.2.1 had a potentially unsafe use of getlogin with the concern that the utmp entry might have a spoofed username associated with a correct uid (CVE-2016-6251). It was found that shadow-utils-4.2.1 had an incorrect integer handling problem where it looks like the int wrap is exploitable as a LPE, as the kernel is using 32bit uid's that are truncated from unsigned longs (64bit on x64) as returned by simple_strtoul() [map_write()]. (CVE-2016-6252).

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Weaknesses

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Affected systems

Mageia1 product
  • shadow-utils< 4.2.1-6.mga5

1 vendor · 1 product

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