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GLSA-201706-02 : Shadow: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 100629

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201706-02 (Shadow: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Shadow. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition, gain privileges via crafted input, or SIGKILL arbitrary processes.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Shadow users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-apps/shadow-4.4-r2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 100629

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201706-02.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Published: 6/6/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:shadow, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/6/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6252, CVE-2017-2616

GLSA: 201706-02