UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40084
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Summary:
Details: opensysusers through 0.6 does not safely use eval on files in sysusers.d that may contain shell metacharacters. For example, it allows command execution via a crafted GECOS field whereas systemd-sysusers (a program with the same specification) does not do that.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-40084, https://github.com/artix-linux/opensysusers/releases, https://bugs.debian.org/992058, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-40084
Affected packages
Package
Name: opensysusers
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/opensysusers?arch=source&distro=focal
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -None
Affected versions
0.5.1-1
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
