Libuser Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

libuser is a library of standard interfaces for manipulating and managing user and group accounts. A local denial of service vulnerability exists in libuser. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application and deny service to legitimate users...

Oracle Linux 6 : libuser (ELSA-2015-1482)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-1482 advisory. - Update CVE-2015-3246 patch based on review comments Resolves: 1235518 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle...

CentOS 6 : libuser (CESA-2015:1482)

Updated libuser packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for...

Qualys Security Advisory - CVE-2015-3245 userhelper - CVE-2015-3246 libuser

Hello, it is July 23, 2015, 17:00 UTC, the Coordinated Release Date for CVE-2015-3245 and CVE-2015-3246. Please find our advisory below, and our exploit attached. Qualys Security Advisory CVE-2015-3245 userhelper chfn newline filtering CVE-2015-3246 libuser passwd file handling -- Summary...

Libuser Library - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Exploit for linux platform in category dos / poc CVE-2015-3245 userhelper chfn newline filtering CVE-2015-3246 libuser passwd file handling -- Summary ----------------------------------------------------------------- The libuser library implements a standardized interface for manipulating and...

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...

CentOS 7 : libuser (CESA-2015:1483)

Updated libuser packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libuser on SL7.x x86_64 (20150723)

Two flaws were 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 the...

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 manipulating and administering user and grou...

libuser security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2015:1482 Updated libuser packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, whic...

Updated libuser package fixes security vulnerabilities

Two flaws were 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 the...

MGASA-2015-0278 Updated libuser package fixes security vulnerabilities

Two flaws were 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 the...

libuser security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2015:1483 Updated libuser packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, whic...

libuser: multiple issues

CVE-2015-3245 denial of service It was found that libuser, as used by the chfn userhelper functionality, did not properly filter out newline characters in GECOS fields. A local, authenticated user could use this flaw to corrupt the /etc/passwd file, resulting in a denial-of-service on the system...

Libuser roothelper Privilege Escalation

This module attempts to gain root privileges on Red Hat based Linux systems, including RHEL, Fedora and CentOS, by exploiting a newline injection vulnerability in libuser and userhelper versions prior to 0.56.13-8 and version 0.60 before 0.60-7. This module makes use of the roothelper.c exploit...

RHEL 7 : libuser (RHSA-2015:1483)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2015:1483 advisory. The libuser library implements a standardized interface for manipulating and administering user and group accounts. Sample applications that...

Oracle Linux 7 : libuser (ELSA-2015-1483)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-1483 advisory. - Update CVE-2015-3246 patch based on review comments Resolves: 1235519 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle...

RHEL 6 : libuser (RHSA-2015:1482)

Updated libuser packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: libuser security update

Updated libuser packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for...

libuser: does not filter newline characters in the GECOS field

It was found that libuser, as used by the chfn userhelper functionality, did not properly filter out newline characters in GECOS fields. A local, authenticated user could use this flaw to corrupt the /etc/passwd file, resulting in a denial-of-service on the system...