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Package details: pkg:deb/debian/shadow@1:4.17.4-2
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VCID-5u13-xzak-aaac A flaw was found in shadow-utils. When asking for a new password, shadow-utils asks the password twice. If the password fails on the second attempt, shadow-utils fails in cleaning the buffer used to store the first entry. This may allow an attacker with enough access to retrieve the password from the memory. CVE-2023-4641
VCID-wtbj-a4a5-aaan In Shadow 4.13, it is possible to inject control characters into fields provided to the SUID program chfn (change finger). Although it is not possible to exploit this directly (e.g., adding a new user fails because \n is in the block list), it is possible to misrepresent the /etc/passwd file when viewed. Use of \r manipulations and Unicode characters to work around blocking of the : character make it possible to give the impression that a new user has been added. In other words, an adversary may be able to convince a system administrator to take the system offline (an indirect, social-engineered denial of service) by demonstrating that "cat /etc/passwd" shows a rogue user account. CVE-2023-29383

Date Actor Action Vulnerability Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-05-02T09:04:24.562194+00:00 Debian Importer Fixing VCID-5u13-xzak-aaac None 36.0.0
2025-05-01T23:27:09.396033+00:00 Debian Importer Fixing VCID-wtbj-a4a5-aaan https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/json 36.0.0
2025-05-01T21:34:32.975995+00:00 Debian Importer Fixing VCID-wtbj-a4a5-aaan None 36.0.0
2025-05-01T17:59:07.327002+00:00 Debian Importer Fixing VCID-5u13-xzak-aaac https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/json 36.0.0