VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-6252
Integer overflow in shadow 4.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted input to newuidmap.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.41%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Integer overflow in shadow 4.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted input to newuidmap.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 34th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-190
- Affected
- shadow project/shadow
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/19/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/19/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92055Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=979282Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/issues/27Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/19/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/19/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92055Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=979282Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/issues/27Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.