UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3246
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Summary:
Details: libuser before 0.56.13-8 and 0.60 before 0.60-7, as used in the userhelper program in the usermode package, directly modifies /etc/passwd, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (inconsistent file state) by causing an error during the modification. NOTE: this issue can be combined with CVE-2015-3245 to gain privileges.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3246, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3246, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
Affected packages
Package
Name: libuser
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libuser?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -1:0.56.9.dfsg.1-1.2ubuntu2+esm1
Affected versions
1:0.56.9.dfsg.1-1.2ubuntu2
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
