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CVE-2015-3245

Public on 2015-07-23
Modified on 2015-07-27
Description

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.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
1.7
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 libuser 2015-07-23 10:50 ALAS-2015-572
Amazon Linux 1 usermode 2015-07-23 10:50 ALAS-2015-572

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 1.7 AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD CVSSv2 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P