Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU6431

Integer overflow in shadow - CVE-2016-6252

Published: May 5, 2017 / Updated: May 5, 2017

Vulnerability identifier: #VU6431

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6252

CWE-ID: CWE-190

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code on the target system with escalated privileges.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in shadow-utils. A local user can execute arbitrary code on the target system with root privileges.

shadow
shadow (Alpine package)
Ubuntu
Opensuse

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shadow (Alpine package) - update to 4.2.1-r7