Description
libuser before 0.56.13-8 and 0.60 before 0.60-7, as used in the userhelper program in the usermode package, directly modifies /etc/passwd, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (inconsistent file state) by causing an error during the modification. NOTE: this issue can be combined with CVE-2015-3245 to gain privileges.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76022 ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162947.html ↗
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44633/ ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/articles/1537873 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1482.html ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163044.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00000.html ↗
- https://www.qualys.com/2015/07/23/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246.txt ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033040 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1483.html ↗
- https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-10147-chinese-speaking-adversary-integrates-agentic-ai-into-post-compromise-operations/ ↗
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-3246 ↗