CVE-2015-3245: Input Validation
First published: Tue Aug 11 2015(Updated: )
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the chfn function in libuser before 0.56.13-8 and 0.60 before 0.60-7, as used in the userhelper program in the usermode package, allows local users to cause a denial of service (/etc/passwd corruption) via a newline character in the GECOS field.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat Libuser | <=0.56.13-5 | |
| Redhat Libuser | =0.60-1 | |
| Redhat Libuser | =0.60-2 | |
| Redhat Libuser | =0.60-3 | |
| Redhat Libuser | =0.60-4 | |
| Redhat Libuser | =0.60-5 | |
| Redhat Libuser | =0.60-6 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163044.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162947.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1482.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1483.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76021
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033040
- https://access.redhat.com/articles/1537873
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44633/
- https://www.qualys.com/2015/07/23/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246.txt
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/references
- agent/severity
- agent/weakness
- agent/author
- agent/type
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/redhat
- canonical/redhat libuser
- version/redhat libuser/0.56.13-5
- version/redhat libuser/0.60-1
- version/redhat libuser/0.60-2
- version/redhat libuser/0.60-3
- version/redhat libuser/0.60-4
- version/redhat libuser/0.60-5
- version/redhat libuser/0.60-6