vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-6252): shadow vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Feb 17, 2017 | May 5, 2017 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 17, 2017
Added
May 5, 2017
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
Sebastian Krahmer discovered integer overflows in shadow utilities.
A local attacker could possibly cause them to crash or potentially
gain privileges via crafted input. (CVE-2016-6252)
Tobias Stöckmann discovered a race condition in su. A local
attacker could cause su to send SIGKILL to other processes with
root privileges. (CVE-2017-2616)
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-loginubuntu-upgrade-passwdubuntu-upgrade-uidmap
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