Access Restriction Bypass Affecting libuser package, versions <1:0.62~dfsg-0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Attacked
EPSS
8.5% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-LIBUSER-11749146
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed11 Aug 2015

Introduced: 11 Aug 2015

CVE-2015-3246  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 libuser to version 1:0.62~dfsg-0.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libuser package and not the libuser package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

libuser before 0.56.13-8 and 0.60 before 0.60-7, as used in the userhelper program in the usermode package, directly modifies /etc/passwd, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (inconsistent file state) by causing an error during the modification. NOTE: this issue can be combined with CVE-2015-3245 to gain privileges.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1