Race Condition Affecting shadow package, versions <1:4.4-4
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
High
Availability
High
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-SHADOW-306214
- published 27 Jun 2018
- disclosed 27 Jul 2018
How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10
shadow
to version 1:4.4-4 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.
A race condition was found in util-linux before 2.32.1 in the way su handled the management of child processes. A local authenticated attacker could use this flaw to kill other processes with root privileges under specific conditions.