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Summary
Title shadow vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-3276-3 First vendor Publication 2017-11-14
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2017-11-14
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.6 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

Summary:

su could be made to crash or stop programs as an administrator.

Software Description: - shadow: system login tools

Details:

USN-3276-1 and USN-3276-2 fixed vulnerabilities in shadow. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

テつ Sebastian Krahmer discovered integer overflows in shadow utilities. テつ A local attacker could possibly cause them to crash or potentially テつ gain privileges via crafted input. (CVE-2016-6252)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: テつ loginテつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ 1:4.1.4.2+svn3283-3ubuntu5.2 テつ passwdテつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ 1:4.1.4.2+svn3283-3ubuntu5.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References: テつ https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3276-3 テつ https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3276-1 テつ CVE-2017-2616

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3276-3

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

Nessusツョ Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-08-17 Name : The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : PhotonOS_PHSA-2017-0023.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-06-06 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201706-02.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-17 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3276-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-05 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3276-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-02-27 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3793.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2017-11-14 21:23:42
  • First insertion