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CVE-2017-12424 Detail

Description

In shadow before 4.5, the newusers tool could be made to manipulate internal data structures in ways unintended by the authors. Malformed input may lead to crashes (with a buffer overflow or other memory corruption) or other unspecified behaviors. This crosses a privilege boundary in, for example, certain web-hosting environments in which a Control Panel allows an unprivileged user account to create subaccounts.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756630 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756630 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1266675 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1266675 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/commit/954e3d2e7113e9ac06632aee3c69b8d818cc8952 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/commit/954e3d2e7113e9ac06632aee3c69b8d818cc8952 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00020.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00020.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-16 Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-16 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-12424
NVD Published Date:
08/04/2017
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE