Debian: DSA-3793-1: shadow security update
Summary
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: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org