SUSE-SA:2005:064: pwdutils, shadow
7
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
11/04/2005
07/25/2018
12/13/2005
11/18/2015
Description
Thomas Gerisch found that the setuid 'chfn' program contained in the pwdutils suite insufficiently checks it's arguments when changing the GECOS field. This bug leads to a trivially exploitable local privilege escalation that allows users to gain root access.
We like to thank Thomas Gerisch for pointing out the problem.
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