CVE-2016-6252

CVSS V2 Medium 4.6 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
Integer overflow in shadow 4.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted input to newuidmap.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6252
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-02-17T17:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-11-04T01:29:21
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-190 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/190.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:shadow_project:shadow:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.6
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/issues/27 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=979282 Issue Tracking Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/7 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/19/7 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/19/6 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92055 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6252
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6252
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:12:25 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 14:03:06 2017-02-17T17:59Z 2017-02-17T17:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 14:03:06 2017-11-04T01:29:21 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 14:03:06 Modified Vulnerability Status updated