CVE-2017-12424

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
04/08/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

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.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:shadow_project:shadow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.5 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*