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.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| redhat / libuser | 0.60-3 | 0.60-3.x |
| redhat / libuser | - | 0.56.13-5.x |
| redhat / libuser | 0.60-1 | 0.60-1.x |
| redhat / libuser | 0.60-6 | 0.60-6.x |
| redhat / libuser | 0.60-2 | 0.60-2.x |
| redhat / libuser | 0.60-5 | 0.60-5.x |
| redhat / libuser | 0.60-4 | 0.60-4.x |
- 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
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