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Fedora: 2015-12064 Critical: libuser Security Flaws Addressed

Security fix for CVE-2015-3245, CVE-2015-3246. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2015-12064 2015-07-29 21:35:17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : libuser Product : Fedora 21 Version : 0.62 Release : 1.fc21 URL : https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/Fedorahosted-retirement Summary : A user and group account administration library Description : The libuser library implements a standardized interface for manipulating and administering user and group accounts. The library uses pluggable back-ends to interface to its data sources. Sample applications modeled after those included with the shadow password suite are included. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Security fix for CVE-2015-3245, CVE-2015-3246 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Thu Jul 23 2015 Miloslav Trmač - 0.62-1 - Update to libuser-0.62 Resolves: #1246225 (CVE-2015-3245, CVE-2015-3246) * Wed Jun 17 2015 Fedora Release Engineering - 0.61-2 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_23_Mass_Rebuild * Wed Mar 25 2015 Miloslav Trmač - 0.61-1 - Update to libuser-0.61, notably adding Python 3 bindings Resolves: #1014555 - Filter out libuser plugin and Python extension Provides: * Sat Feb 21 2015 Till Maas - 0.60-7 - Rebuilt for Fedora 23 Change https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Harden_all_packages_with_position-independent_code -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #1233043 - CVE-2015-3245 libuser does not filter newline characters in the GECOS field https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233043 [ 2 ] Bug #1233052 - CVE-2015-3246 libuser: Security flaw in handling /etc/passwd file https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233052 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update libuser' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/package-announce.lists.fedoraproject.org/ . OpenSUSE's package manager update resolves CVE-2022-3456 and CVE-2022-3457, providing patches and remediation guidelines.. libuser Security, Fedora Update, User Management. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Aug 03, 2015 •Critical Fedora