USN-3276-2: shadow Ubuntu

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 17-05-2017Last modified 10-02-2026
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Vulnerability summary

USN-3276-2 is a vulnerability in shadow Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
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0%100%
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KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 17-05-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 10-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

shadow regression USN-3276-1 intended to fix a vulnerability in su. The solution introduced a regression in su signal handling. This update modifies the security fix. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Sebastian Krahmer discovered integer overflows in shadow utilities. A local attacker could possibly cause them to crash or potentially gain privileges via crafted input. (CVE-2016-6252) Tobias Stöckmann discovered a race condition in su. A local attacker could cause su to send SIGKILL to other processes with root privileges. (CVE-2017-2616)

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Public exploits

0 found

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Weaknesses

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Affected systems

Ubuntu1 product
  • shadow< 1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.5 | < 1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.3

1 vendor · 1 product

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