DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12424

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12424
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12424.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12424
Upstream
Published
2017-08-04T09:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:38Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / shadow

Package

Name
shadow
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/shadow?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:4.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / shadow

Package

Name
shadow
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/shadow?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:4.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / shadow

Package

Name
shadow
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/shadow?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:4.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / shadow

Package

Name
shadow
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/shadow?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:4.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}