CVE-2016-6318

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the FascistGecosUser function in lib/fascist.c in cracklib allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) or gain privileges via a long GECOS field, involving longbuffer.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6318
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-09-07T19:28:12
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-12T23:24:53
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-787 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:cracklib_project:cracklib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.9.0 2.9.6
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/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
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/16/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00122.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92478 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-25 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00023.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6318
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6318
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:09:35 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:01:10 2016-09-07T19:28Z 2016-09-07T19:28:12 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 11:01:10 2021-06-29T15:15:10 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 11:01:10 Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-13 01:06:42 2023-02-12T23:24:53 CVE Modified Date updated