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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201706-02
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Severity: High
Title: Shadow: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 06, 2017
Bugs: #610804, #620510
ID: 201706-02
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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Shadow, the worst of which
might allow privilege escalation.
Background
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Shadow is a set of tools to deal with user accounts.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 sys-apps/shadow < 4.4-r2 >= 4.4-r2
Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Shadow. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
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A local attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition,
gain privileges via crafted input, or SIGKILL arbitrary processes.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Shadow users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/shadow-4.4-r2"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2016-6252
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-6252
[ 2 ] CVE-2017-2616
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2616
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
secur...@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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