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ghsa-f52h-j689-x786

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-14 03:22

Modified

2022-05-14 03:22

Details

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.

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  "modified": "2022-05-14T03:22:31Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T03:22:31Z",
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cve-2015-3246

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2015-08-11 14:00

Modified

2024-08-06 05:39

Severity ?

Summary

References

▼	URL	Tags
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76022	vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
	http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162947.html	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44633/	exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
	https://access.redhat.com/articles/1537873	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1482.html	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
	http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163044.html	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00000.html	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
	https://www.qualys.com/2015/07/23/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246.txt	x_refsource_MISC
	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033040	vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1483.html	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

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n/a

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