Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting shadow package, versions <1:4.4-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-SHADOW-306193
- published 17 Feb 2017
- disclosed 17 Feb 2017
Introduced: 17 Feb 2017
CVE-2016-6252 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10
shadow
to version 1:4.4-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream shadow
package and not the shadow
package as distributed by Debian:10
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:10
relevant fixed versions and status.
Integer overflow in shadow 4.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted input to newuidmap.