vulnerability

Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-6252: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 17, 2017
Added
Aug 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

Integer overflow in shadow 4.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted input to newuidmap.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-shadow
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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