ghsa-6ggv-mmg2-jf4r
Vulnerability from github
Published
2023-12-27 18:30
Modified
2025-11-03 21:30
Severity ?
4.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details

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.

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  "aliases": [
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  ],
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    "nvd_published_at": "2023-12-27T16:15:13Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-6ggv-mmg2-jf4r",
  "modified": "2025-11-03T21:30:58Z",
  "published": "2023-12-27T18:30:20Z",
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