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CVE-2023-4641

Public on 2023-08-31
Modified on 2024-01-30
Description

A flaw was found in shadow-utils. When asking for a new password, shadow-utils asks the password twice. If the password fails on the second attempt, shadow-utils fails in cleaning the buffer used to store the first entry. This may allow an attacker with enough access to retrieve the password from the memory.

Severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
2.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 shadow-utils 2023-10-30 23:31 ALAS-2023-1873
Amazon Linux 2 - Core shadow-utils 2023-09-13 23:44 ALAS2-2023-2247
Amazon Linux 2023 shadow-utils 2023-12-06 07:45 ALAS2023-2023-450

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 2.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv3 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N