Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting shadow package, versions <1:4.4-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (6th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-SHADOW-306192
- published 17 Feb 2017
- disclosed 17 Feb 2017
Introduced: 17 Feb 2017
CVE-2016-6252 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9 shadow to version 1:4.4-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream shadow package and not the shadow package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
Integer overflow in shadow 4.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted input to newuidmap.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6252
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6252
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02
- https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/issues/27
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=979282
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/19/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/19/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92055
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-6252