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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-6252): shadow vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 17, 2017
Added
May 5, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

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

Solutions

ubuntu-upgrade-loginubuntu-upgrade-passwdubuntu-upgrade-uidmap
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