MiracleLinux 3 : libuser-0.54.7-2.1.AXS3.2 (AXSA:2011-12:01)

The remote MiracleLinux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2011-12:01 advisory. The libuser library implements a standardized interface for manipulating and administering user and group accounts. The library uses pluggable back-ends to...

DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3245

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...

UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3245

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...

[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: libuser-0.62-1.fc21

The libuser library implements a standardized interface for manipulating and administering user and group accounts. The library uses pluggable back-ends to interface to its data sources. Sample applications modeled after those included with the shadow password suite are included...

Libuser Library - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Libuser Library - Multiple Vulnerabilities Qualys Security Advisory CVE-2015-3245 userhelper chfn newline filtering CVE-2015-3246 libuser passwd file handling -- Summary ----------------------------------------------------------------- The libuser library implements a standardized interface for...

libuser: Security flaw in handling /etc/passwd file

A flaw was found in the way the libuser library handled the /etc/passwd file. A local attacker could use an application compiled against libuser for example, userhelper to manipulate the /etc/passwd file, which could result in a denial of service or possibly allow the attacker to escalate their...

[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: libuser-0.58-3.fc18

The libuser library implements a standardized interface for manipulating and administering user and group accounts. The library uses pluggable back-ends to interface to its data sources. Sample applications modeled after those included with the shadow password suite are included...

[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: system-config-users-1.3.1-1.fc18

system-config-users is a graphical utility for administrating users and groups. It depends on the libuser library...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : libuser (MDKSA-2004:044)

Steve Grubb discovered a number of problems in the libuser library that can lead to a crash in applications linked to it, or possibly write 4GB of garbage to the disk. The updated packages provide a patched libuser to correct these problems. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. Th...