MGASA-2017-0465

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Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0465.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0465.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2017-0465
Related
Published
2017-12-22T10:31:08Z
Modified
2026-02-04T03:57:03.280605Z
Summary
Updated shadow-utils packages fix security vulnerability
Details

It was found that shadow-utils had a buffer overflow where if a buffer was left NULL for a cycle the next cycle would happily write past the entries buffer (CVE-2017-12424).

References
Credits

Affected packages

Mageia:5 / shadow-utils

Package

Name
shadow-utils
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/shadow-utils?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.2.1-6.1.mga5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0465.json"

Mageia:6 / shadow-utils

Package

Name
shadow-utils
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/shadow-utils?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.4-1.1.mga6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0465.json"