USN-5254-1

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    USN-5254-1

    Published: 27 Jan 2022Last Modified: 29 Jun 2026

    Summary: shadow vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that shadow incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or expose sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-12424) It was discovered that shadow incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-7169)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5254-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12424, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-7169

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: shadow

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/shadow?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.5+esm1

    Affected versions

    1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu6
    1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu7
    1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu8
    1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9
    1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.1
    1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.2
    1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.4
    1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.5

    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