SUSE-SU-2018:0662-1

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    SUSE-SU-2018:0662-1

    Published: 12 Mar 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-7169
    Aliases:
    CVE-2018-7169

    Summary: Security update for shadow

    Details: This update for shadow fixes the following issues: - CVE-2018-7169: Fixed an privilege escalation in newgidmap, which allowed an unprivileged user to be placed in a user namespace where setgroups(2) is allowed. (bsc#1081294)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180662-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1081294, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7169

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: shadow

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/shadow&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.2.1-27.6.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High