A flaw was found in shadow-utils. When asking for a new password, shadow-utils asks the password twice. If the password fails on the second attempt, shadow-utils fails in cleaning the buffer used to store the first entry. This may allow an attacker with enough access to retrieve the password from the memory.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade shadow-utilsUpgrade shadow-utils-subid-develUpgrade shadow-utils-subid | Nov 16, 2023 | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade shadow-utils-debuginfoUpgrade shadow-utils | Sep 21, 2023 | Sep 21, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade shadow-utils | May 13, 2025 | Nov 3, 2023 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade shadow-utilsUpgrade shadow-utils-subidUpgrade shadow-utils-debugsourceUpgrade shadow-utils-subid-develUpgrade shadow-utils-debuginfoUpgrade shadow-utils-subid-debuginfo | Feb 17, 2025 | Jun 17, 2023 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade shadow-utils-debuginfoUpgrade shadow-utils-subid-debuginfoUpgrade shadow-utils-debugsourceUpgrade shadow-utilsUpgrade shadow-utils-subid | Nov 8, 2023 | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade shadow | Apr 21, 2025 | Dec 27, 2023 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2024158 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Jan 13, 2026 | Apr 4, 2024 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2024225 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Oct 23, 2025 | May 29, 2024 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | — | Upgrade shadow | Jan 10, 2024 | Dec 27, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | — | Upgrade shadow | Jan 10, 2024 | Dec 27, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade shadow-utils | Mar 13, 2024 | Dec 27, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade shadow | Jan 10, 2024 | Dec 27, 2023 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade shadow-utilsUpgrade shadow-utils-subid-develUpgrade shadow-utils-subid | May 21, 2024 | Jun 17, 2023 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution existsUpgrade shadow-utils-subidUpgrade shadow-utilsUpgrade shadow-utils-subid-debuginfoUpgrade shadow-utils-debuginfoUpgrade shadow-utils-debugsourceUpgrade shadow-utils-subid-devel | Nov 8, 2023 | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade shadowUpgrade login_defs | Sep 14, 2023 | Sep 13, 2023 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade passwd (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade loginUpgrade libsubid-devUpgrade uidmap (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade uidmapUpgrade passwdUpgrade login (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libsubid4 | Feb 16, 2024 | Dec 27, 2023 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Dec 27, 2023 |
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