- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3793-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso February 24, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : shadow CVE ID : CVE-2016-6252 CVE-2017-2616 Debian Bug : 832170 855943 Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the shadow suite. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2016-6252 An integer overflow vulnerability was discovered, potentially allowing a local user to escalate privileges via crafted input to the newuidmap utility. CVE-2017-2616 Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that su does not properly handle clearing a child PID. A local attacker can take advantage of this flaw to send SIGKILL to other processes with root privileges, resulting in denial of service. For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1:4.2-3+deb8u3. We recommend that you upgrade your shadow packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Debian: DSA-3793-1: shadow security update
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the shadow suite. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2016-6252
