Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:11731Denial Of Service (DoS)
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
libuser is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) attacks. The vulnerability exists as an 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.
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| libuser | eq | 0.56.13__4.el6_0.1 | |
| libuser | eq | 0.56.13__4.el6 | |
| libuser | eq | 0.56.13__5.el6 | |
| libuser | eq | 0.56.13__4.el6_0.1 | |
| libuser | eq | 0.56.13__4.el6 | |
| libuser | eq | 0.56.13__5.el6 |
References
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163044.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162947.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1482.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1483.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/76021
www.securitytracker.com/id/1033040
access.redhat.com/articles/1537873
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1482
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1483
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3245
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233043
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1482.html
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44633/
www.qualys.com/2015/07/23/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246.txt
Related
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P