vulnerability

Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2016-6318: cracklib security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 7, 2016
Added
Dec 4, 2019
Modified
Aug 13, 2025

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the FascistGecosUser function in lib/fascist.c in cracklib allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) or gain privileges via a long GECOS field, involving longbuffer.

Solutions

huawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-cracklibhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-cracklib-dicts
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