Name: CVE-2016-6252: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-02-17T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-6252, CWE-190, CVSS 7.8, EPSS 0.00103

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

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.8
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade shadow	Aug 30, 2017	Feb 17, 2017
Debian	—	Upgrade shadow	Feb 25, 2017	Feb 17, 2017
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade sys-apps/shadow.	Oct 30, 2017	Feb 17, 2017
Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2	—	Upgrade shadow-utils	Dec 4, 2019	Feb 17, 2017
Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3	—	Upgrade shadow-utils	Dec 18, 2019	Feb 17, 2017
Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5	—	Upgrade shadow-utils	Nov 19, 2019	Feb 17, 2017
Suse	—	Upgrade shadow	Jul 20, 2018	Feb 17, 2017
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade uidmapUpgrade passwdUpgrade login	May 5, 2017	Feb 17, 2017
Vmware Photon_os	—	Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version.	Jan 20, 2025	Feb 17, 2017

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CVSS Details

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